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Contributers:
LA CROSSE Tim Bavlnka Adam Bissen Scott Brown Nicholas Cabreza Benjamin Clark Andrew Colston Brett Emerson Emily Faeth Erich Boldt
Bob Treu Joel Kuennen Kelly Morrison Maria Pint Briana Rupel Noah Singer Matt Wolf WINONA Ingrid Alm
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Tableau 'd Contents Gripes, Yearns, Pleads, and honest Criticisms By the People, For the People and Government of La Crosse
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Trapper Keepers Snap bracelets Zubaz R.L. Stine Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Kris Kross Non-pluralized sports teams Line dancing
Salad dressings 1. Peppercorn Parmesan 2. Raspberry vinaigrette 3. Caesar 4. Italian 5. Blue cheese 6. Western 7. Buttermilk ranch A.U.T.H.O.R.S. 1. F. Scott Fitzgerald 2. O. Henry 3. J. R. R. Tolkien 4. J.G. Ballard 5. E. L. Doctorow 6. T. S. Eliot 7. R. L. Stine
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Pterodactyl Stegosaurus The dinosaur formerly known as Brontosaurus Triceratops Parasaurolophus Komodo dragon Tyrannosaurus Rex
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: Jared Mills, 18 CURRENT JOB: T-Jo’s Pizza and La Crosse Municipal Boat Harbor DREAM JOB: Actuary COVETED SUPERPOWER: Telekinesis DREAM VACATION: Skiing in the Alps FAVORITE LOCAL RESTAURANT: Freighthouse FAVORITE BAR IN TOWN: Bennett’s someday… CITY OR COUNTRY? City 3 MOVIES YOU’D TAKE ON A DESERT ISLAND: Superbad, Forrest Gump, Gladiator TELL US A JOKE: “Do they have to be clean?”
#1 PET PEEVE: Immature people 3 BOOKS YOU’D TAKE TO PRISON: The Scent of Shadow, the 7th Harry Potter, The Long Walk 3 CDs YOU’D TAKE ON A ROAD TRIP: Chevelle – Venasera, Non Point – Vengeance, Muse – Black Holes and Revalation IF YOU COULD PLAY ANY INSTRUMENT PERFECTLY, WHAT WOULD IT BE? Saxophone WHAT’S IN YOUR POCKETS? Phone, gum, wallet HOW DO YOU KNOW LAST WEEK’S INTERVIEWEE? She’s my gf 4-eva
you ask, 'Why?' We ask, 'Why the F*** not?' Second Supper vol. 8, issue 113
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When Pigs Fly
WHAT:
Art Show at Salon Medusa!
WHERE:
Salon Medusa, 203 S. 4th Street Downtown La Crosse
Widow visited by ghost of her coughing husband
WHEN:
Gallery is open at 6 p.m., Live performances start at 8 p.m.
Feel like you're in desperate need for some good, local culture? Stop on down at Salon Medusa this Saturday night for a gallery showing featuring all local artists and live performances with Ghost A.M. and Zobin! You may remember Zobin-alien from our "Young Art" issue last month. The gallery will include pieces of experimental art, mixed media and photography. These pieces are promising to be some of the most daring art one can see in this town. So get out and go on down. Salon Medusa 203 S. 4th
Tuesday, November 20, 1900 La Crosse Daily Press A ghost has been keeping nightly vigils at the home of Mrs. A. C. Meckelberg, who resides in the alley between 7th and 8th streets near Pine Street. Mrs. Meckelberg has resided in La Crosse a long time and at one time she and her husband were employed at the American House, 216-218 Pearl Street. A year ago, on the 29th of this month, Mr. Meckelberg died of consumption, and the bereaved wife has since lived with her two children at her present abode. About a week ago she was awakened in the dead of night by a familiar sound, and sitting bolt upright in bed she heard, as of old, her husband enter the house; she heard his hacking cough, his absent-minded mumble to himself, the unmistakable shufe of his feet as he took off his boots, and the creaking of an imaginary bed as he retired. Mrs. Meckelberg then spoke to her nearby daughter, who agreed that the noise was her dead father, and sat in terror while the dread, unearthly presence pervaded the room. A sleepless night was passed and the good woman then called on her minister, but he had no light to offer. She then consulted Miss Fannie Cristle, a medium, but after going into a trance Miss Christle declared that though she could see Mrs. Meckelberg’s departed husband and that he tried to talk to her, she was not strong enough alone to receive his message. Another medium, Miss Methtessel, was then called and together they got next to the shade. He told them that the object of his visit was to talk to his oldest daughter and that he will continue to visit until he has some communication with her. Mrs. Meckelberg is not a spiritualist. She was seen by a Daily Press reporter today and stated to him that there was no doubt as to the nature of the visitation. She could not possible have been mistaken as to the identity of the ghostly caller. She never had believed in spirits, but now she can not do otherwise, for she has positive proof of their existence. 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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36 Suggestions for the Betterment of our Fair City company (by turning out to see the dang movie) that such films can sell tickets. Are you, the loyal Second Supper reader, willing to drag your friends along to see independent movies so that, in the future, when film companies hear the name La Crosse, Wisconsin, they might actually consider showing “artsy” films right here in town? If so, then give your local theater hell about not carrying all the bitchin’ movies you read about in this very paper. Saddle up to your computer and e-mail the proper authorities. Because, honestly, nobody wants to get caught downloading movies on the Internet. Wouldn’t it be nice if film companies brought their products to us, rather than us having to go online and take them? —NC
Contributors: Adam Bissen, Nick Cabreza, Ben Clark, Brett Emerson, Emily Faeth, Shuggypop Jackson, Joel Kuennen, Kelly Morrison, Noah Singer, Maria Pint Enough with the jambands already! There have been plenty of great jambands in history, and I have a lot of respect for musicians who can improvise a solo for 18-plus minutes. But come on La Crosse! Isn’t time to let another genre of music have some playing time in the downtown La Crosse area? Jambands are great and all, but when we have the same three or four bands dominate the music scene for months at a time, what does that say about our town? That we have nothing else to offer except Phish knockoffs? The biggest culprit for this isn’t the jambands themselves, but the bars that book the same jambands for three weeks out of each month. Enough is enough, I say! I know plenty of bands that would love to make sweet, sweet music for the adoring public of La Crosse, but when bars are afraid to sponsor a band that doesn’t have the word Burnt or Toasted or Jam in the name, what are we left with? Great bands skipping over La Crosse. If you really want to make downtown La Crosse great again, it’s time to start offering a little variety to its patrons. Giving them the same thing over and over isn’t winning over any new fans, and once this generation of jamband junkies leaves La Crosse for bigger and better things, what are we going to be left with? It’s time to change it up, welcome some different genres into the area and make this town known for its diverse music scene. — BC More graffiti! According to a short man with a mustache and a white man with an Afro, the words of the prophets are written on subway walls. Unfortunately La Crosse is lacking in white ‘fros, short mustachios and subways — but we do have plenty of Subways, so where’s all our graff? This shouldn’t be read as a call for vandalism, for real graffiti is colorful art that adds vibrancy to the urban environment. They’re certainly not gang signs, although I’m not sure the Powers That Be care to make that distinction. Although billboard advertising plasters this city, the slightest bit of street art gets whitewashed as soon as someone files a complaint. Many of the city’s most vivid, colorful and thoughtful tags have been ingloriously removed from their overpasses canvasses, even though overhead drivers would never see the art.What’s the point in that? And what’s the point in staring at all the tall, muted monochromatic walls in our urban spaces when some local artist could throw his inspirations up there for free. After all, you gotta have some use for all those vacant buildings downtown. — AB Show better movies On a cool spring night in 2004, I went to the The Rivoli on a Thursday evening to see City of God. When the movie started, there were four other people in The Riv’s cozy screening room. That’s right... four (4) people... to see City of God... one of the best movies of that year.The moral of the story: Philistinism affects not only live music venues, but film distribution as well. My City of God experience led me to think that, even though this is a college town, there really is no market for interesting, obscure, independent or foreign movies. In order for a film company to release its picture in a small market like La Crosse, the people of said market have to prove to the film
Ultimate Frisbee Fridays You heard it here first, folks: pickup ultimate Frisbee games every Friday night at 5 p.m at Riverside Park. We’ll start next week. Truthfully, I can’t think of a sport that’s more fun than ultimate Frisbee, a game that combines elements of football, soccer and flying disc. It’s simple to play, and it’s at the perfect level of competition for the amateur athlete.A few years ago I could find an ultimate game three nights a week in La Crosse. I’m not sure where all those ‘bee enthusiasts went, so all you playas are invited down to Riverside Park on Friday afternoons. And if you know of another game for me — or want to start one with our help — please drop a line to editor@ secondsupper.com. And look out for the kickball announcement soon. — AB Better radio I’m going to come right out and say it, I’m an elitist music snob. I obsessively search out music and can get in a pissing match with the best of them regarding the topic. While I am understanding that not everybody shares my music geek tastes, I would kill for La Crosse to have a non-commercial, freeform radio station where fellow music-obsessed individuals are given reign to play their particular passion for those who are open to something different. Honkytonk Badonkadonk has its listeners, as do the stations for people who seemingly haven’t heard enough Led Zeppelin in their lives, but where is the station for individuals such as myself? I want to hear post-punk, IDM, garage rock, Japanese psych, avant-garde jazz, minimalist German techno, post-rock, underground hip-hop, early ‘80s hardcore, Bollywood soundtracks, vintage 78s, dub, tropicalia, stoner rock, alt country, Italo disco, space rock, electro, freak folk, deep funk, Krautrock, and old skool rap on the FM dial. I’ll even tone down the elitism and ask for a station that plays the popular indie rock favs all the twentysomethings are listening to these days that have made sites like pitchforkmedia so popular. Enough with the same old programmed crap already. — SJ Logical side parking “Really? I just got a ticket for parking on the wrong side of the street in case the snow plow decides to come? But there isn’t even snow on the ground yet/anymore!” Repeat this statement ad nauseam from November until April, and there’s the reality of alternate side parking. Would it really be hard to come up with a policy in which the alternative parking doesn’t start or if there is no more snow on the ground, the alternate side parking law can no longer be in effect? I guarantee if this law is reformed, you will begin to see fewer accidents in the areas surrounding campus, since panic-eyed college kids will no longer be T-boning each other in a desperate attempt to get that last parking space in front of their apartment which just opened up, and happens to be on the odd side of the street. — BC Play lacrosse Yeah, it’s ironic, but no one in La Crosse actually seems to play lacrosse. Why we lost this eponymous link to our past is beyond me, but it sure looks fun when you watch it on ESPN2.Will we seriously allow preppy east coasters to dominate us at our own game? We should be indignant about this! I’d schedule a pickup game myself, but I’ve never held a lacrosse stick in my life so, uhhh, someone should email me if they know. — AB Give graduates a reason to stay La Crosse has the stigma of simply being a “college town." Sure, we get a nice influx of people (1/5 of the annual population) who come here for their various years of schooling, but where is the desire to stay after all those years of hard work and education have gone into that piece of paper called a diploma? This town simply doesn’t have the number of employers to necessitate the desire to stay in this town after graduating. Students learn right away as they work their way through their majors that there are better jobs in other cities, away from their alma mater. Away from the aspect of too few employers, there simply isn’t enough pull to interest someone to live here for any definite amount of time after graduation. Oktoberfest comes but once a year, and the smattering of high-priced cinemas, lack of diversity in restaurants and the expenses of owning a house are simply too much for one to consider living here when there are better and cheaper alternatives elsewhere. If La Crosse wants the population of students to remain in this city, serious work needs to be done, and better alternatives need to be offered. Let’s give those energetic, newly-educated students a reason to stick around after they’ve grabbed their diplomas. — BC Thai me, baby! Let’s face it, aside from a plethora of Americanized Chinese, Mexican and Pizza “restaurants,” La Crosse has little to offer as far as ethnic cuisine goes. When I first moved here from a town half the size, I was excited to try the “exotic” cuisine this metropolis had to offer. However, the novelty of one Cajun restaurant, an Italian joint that over-charges, a kick-ass albeit limiting egg
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Turn this Mother Out! cont. roll stand and one sushi bar far off in an obscure strip mall (though it’ll be moving downtown this summer!) soon wore off. Thus, my critique: give me a Thai restaurant! I want to feel my intestines burn for days on end! Come on! There has to be some small enclaves of ethnic minorities out there who cook something mean — get that restaurant going, serve me some dish I can’t pronounce — I promise I’ll love it! — JK Shovel your sidewalks I know it really sucks to go outside in winter. It’s cold, Everybody Loves Raymond is on, it’s COLD and you’re lazy. I know how much it sucks to go outside, because I have no car. Occasionally I have to go places. Ergo, I get to be outside a lot during the winter. I must admit, walking around in a winter wonderland isn’t all that bad sometimes. The snow is pretty, my mp3 player keeps me company and I get to escape the confines of my apartment for a while. But walking around in the snow can also be quite dangerous. Treading on ice that’s hidden under snow can be treacherous, but when I have to climb over giant mounds of snow that some lazy fuck hasn’t removed from his sidewalk, I get a little annoyed. OK, granted, some people are on vacation, or some people are handicapped and can’t shovel their walks. But if you’ve got the money to leave this frozen hellhole, can’t you afford to shell out a little extra to that college kid next door so he can make sure your sidewalk is cleared? Conversely, if you’re able-bodied and have a handicapped or elderly neighbor, can’t you reach down into your tiny heart and squeeze out just enough goodwill to lend them a hand? Speaking of the handicapped or elderly, I don’t think it occurs to many people that they have places to go, too. So next winter, take your neighbors into consideration, or even just this broke vehicle-less college kid, and clear your damn sidewalks. Apparently the giant fines imposed by the city aren’t enough to persuade you. — EF
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Two fewer Wal-Marts Viva la ShopKo!! — SJ Put up a chickenwire barrier on the stage of the Popcorn like in the Blues Brothers Not saying the music is bad, but it adds a certain feng shui, and who doesn't like to throw bottles out of adoration? — NS Bike lanes Considering La Crosse’s size, and considering that a fifth of its population is college students, you’d think that La Crosse would have bike lanes. The lack of bike lanes discourages people from cycling for fear that they’ll get run over (I’ve personally seen this happen) or for fear that they’ll evoke the wrath of angry drivers (which might lead to reason number one). Bottom line: These streets are not very bicycle-friendly, and there’s no reason for them not to be. We should be encouraging bike use, especially in the summer. The secondary benefits then come naturally: fewer cars on the road, healthier citizens and not needing to pay rising gas costs, among others. Look at the model that other college towns have set, towns where hoards of cyclists take to the streets and are able to carve their own niche in the consciousness of the city, making self-propelled transportation as common as eating. La Crosse is not a big city — there’s no need to drive everywhere — so you’d think that La Crosse is progressive and would make other modes of transportation easier. I mean come on, if you’re going to put in roundabouts, then the least you can do is make transportation easier — and safer — for bicyclists. — NC A better gay bar I’ve heard rumors for the past few years that in some obscure publication La Crosse was rated one of the best places in the country for lesbian couples to live. I’m not totally sure if this is true, and if it is, I have no idea why. Aside from the abundance of bigotry and white/ hetero hegemony, I really can’t see what would draw homosexual couples here, unless they are caricatures of themselves. The two gay-friendly places our downtown has to offer, Player’s and Rainbow’s End, are the most stereotypical representations of gay culture I’ve ever seen. I’m pretty sure gay men are not limited to being Madonna-listening, lisping pretty boys. And I’m certain that lesbians are not limited to the butch, trucker-hat-wearing stereotype either. While it’s awesome that we do have these places, it makes me wonder where the people who don’t fit into these stereotypes go when they turn 21. I’m guessing out of La Crosse. — EF Greenify downtown Downtown has some really sweet buildings. It also has some ghastly structures lacking any appealing aesthetics. So let’s fix this eyesore by calling on the city government to green up the area. Hanging flower planters would be an inexpensive good start, though they’d have to be high enough to prevent meatheads from trying to dunk on them. More elaborate landscaping downtown and throughout the city would be an earmarked vanity project that I suspect few proud citizens could find a reason to object. I’d wet myself if La Crosse were to have something like the Grand Rounds National Scenic Byway up in Minneapolis running through all the ugly areas of town. Murals on the particularly gross architectural monstrosities could be just what the doctor ordered, too. — SJ
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Classier public restrooms I’m talking those jars with combs soaking in blue liquid and blind bathroom attendants with warm towels to dry my hands. There should be a hint of aromatherapy and just-audible cello music to enhance the ambiance. Heated water in toilets in case there is any splash back. Some lovely wallpaper and dim lighting, with a loveseat or two to compose oneself while waiting in line. These luxuries should not only be the domain of the theater crowd who get valet parking. I am good enough to not have to deal with a piss-soaked toilet seat with shit smears in the bowl. The grossness of your run of the mill public bathrooms are only acceptable in seedy places where you can expect to see bumps of coke and oral sex in the stalls.— SJ Make La Crosse Center relevant With all due apologies to fans of Buckcherry and Larry the Cable Guy, the La Crosse Center has largely ceased to be a relevant entertainment center in this town. Which sucks, because it’s the main and often only draw we have for national acts. Remember when the Center was pulling in crazy huge acts like Metallica, Nine Inch Nails, Korn and B.B. King? Hell, do you remember THE LA CROSSE CATBIRDS? Now, what is this once great venue, beyond a glorified tractor pull? The La Crosse Center is really shortchanging itself by not stepping up and reclaiming its former glory. The addition of the South Hall was a great idea; now put some bands in it on a regular basis. And for God’s sake, rejoin the CBA! — BE Sheepshead, it’s not just a disgusting cheese You’d think that when you use the word “trump” in La Crosse, people would know exactly what you’re talking about; Euchre, Sheepshead, hearts even. It seems that no one plays these games anymore, which is a true shame. This is the Midwest for Pete’s sake! There is absolutely no reason why there isn’t more community Sheepshead or Euchre tournaments. When I say the word “Bower” I want to hear someone ask me “Left or right?” for a change. — MP
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Utilize the Hollywood Practically every weekend, I find myself sitting around with a couple friends, trying to figure out what we should do with ourselves. The common refrain is “There’s nothing to do in this town!” A lot of the time, that statement isn’t too far from the truth. That’s why I propose a large, multi-purpose space in which a variety of events could take place. And the perfect location for this type of venture is right downtown: the Hollywood Theater. In my lifetime, the Hollywood was used to show movies as well as stage concerts, but due to competition from other movie theaters and a lack of consistency in bands coming through the area it closed down several years ago. It has stood vacant for quite some time, and every time I walk past I can’t help but think of the great potential going to waste there. The space is large enough that crowds too numerous to fit into the Warehouse would have plenty of room to spread out, and the theater has in fact been used for this purpose in the past. It also has a more intimate size than the La Crosse Center, making it the ideal venue for up-and-coming bands. The space is, of course, perfect for viewing films and plays, but could also be utilized as a meeting space, a place for local artists to display work, dances (if some of the seats were removed), festivals, flea markets, rehearsal space, poetry readings and practically any other creative endeavor. The potential for area students to update the building’s interior and technology is there, also, keeping in mind that the Hollywood should probably be considered a historic space (hey, if the bandshell can be one, so can this theater). It’s tragic that this space is going to waste and probably falling into disrepair. This is a resource that has endless possibilities for our community. — EF
Competent street musicians When you live in a 90-degree, 90-year-old apartment building, there aren’t too many things that will make you close your window on a sunny summer day. I guess the street musicians in front of Jeff and Jim’s Pizza last summer were just that gifted. Normally I like to think of myself as a “patron of the arts,” but dang if these sidewalk troubadours don’t tax my patience. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard Tom Petty, Stone Temple Pilots and Journey slaughtered on an out-oftune guitar in pursuit of pocket change. It was as if those roustabouts considered tone deafness a virtue, some twisted siren song to lure in the masses at bar time. And still, those hacks made bank! (Or at least enough to support a gutter punk for the summer.) Please, please, please, talented musicians of La Crosse: take it to the streets! I need you out there; we all do. I’d gladly pitch a few bucks into every music case I see if we had more players like the excellent alto saxophonist or the Irish string combo that once filled downtown with pleasant harmonies. But now they’re gone and the latest 6-string wanker took up residency in front of my house last week. So far I’ve kept the windows closed and rocked out to the karaoke bleeding up from downstairs bars, but who knows how long this can last. — AB
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Debbie Downer goes Down
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Sex. Doesn’t that make for an awkward start to a column? Maybe that’s just the little “Catholic School Girl” in me, but I giggle every time I hear the word. It’s not like I don’t hear it often either, I am in college. The topic comes up more than it probably should and definitely more than the topic of homework or school. And you know what, it’s almost always funny; I would say at least 99 percent of the time the topic is comedy gold, the other 1 percent of the time it results in an unplanned pregnancy which is not funny at all. I recently learned in my psychology class that 98 percent of 18-21 year olds in America have had sexual relations. Wow, sexual relations, that’s a dumb term. Now I’m not going to tell you where I fit in, the 98 percent or the 2 percent, but I will tell you I like even numbers divisible by 2 (think about it). About all I’ll really tell you is that I’m straight, I have a boyfriend and I’m pro-choice. I guess the last one is a little more political but it’s relevant; where do babies come from after all? My Catholic school education tells me the stork. I don’t, however, have a problem telling you all about the sex my roommates have. In particular, let me tell you about a little girl who lives in a room off of my kitchen: Debbie Downer. Debbie lived next to me last year in the dorms and obviously with me this year. In the dorms last year, she was fairly incognito about the whole S-E-X thing. I’m not saying she wasn’t getting any the whole year, because she was, we just didn’t know about it as much. There was one time, however, that I was awoken at 3 a.m. on a Wednesday by a phone call from my other roommate who happened to be with a very drunk Debbie Downer. “She’s gonna fuck him!” That was the phrase I woke up to; it was quite shocking in all honesty. Apparently, those two had been at a party and they needed to use a bathroom so they followed these guys to their house to use theirs. Dumb idea, but that’s what happened. So I guess my
roommate just lost Debbie suddenly and then found her in one of the boys room naked as the day she was born. Why my roommate needed to wake me up is still beyond me, but she did, and I had to go get her. Debbie and the boy were locked in his room while my roommate was yelling at the door, “Rape (insert boys name here)! Rape!” when I got there. For the record, I was stone sober, in my pajamas and had my retainers in; I was not in the mood for any tomfoolery. I grabbed my roommate, yelled “Good luck!” through the locked door to Debbie and went home. Oddly enough, a somewhat similar situation happened not too long ago with the same two girls. This time, we were in our own house and Debbie was in her own room; different boy this time named Adolfo I believe. The Roommate Who Cried Rape and I were reminiscing about that night I was just telling you about so we decided to do a little reenactment for our friends; bad idea. Just as I was doing a second “Rape Adolfo! Rape” scene, the door burst open and out came Debbie with sex hair and a pissed off expression on her face. She yelled at us for a while but ultimately retreated to her room, thinking we would leave her alone; our friend Mr. Drunk had other plans. He found my headlamp in my room, set it to the flashing mode, and went in there. It was terrifying for the rest of us to watch because we thought she would kill him, but we obviously didn’t stop him because it was hilarious. What added to the humor was the fact that he was yelling “Downer!” the whole time because he does, in fact, call her Debbie Downer on a regular basis. He went in the room not once, not twice, but five times. At one point in the night, I think his fourth visit, he sat down on the bed with Downer and Adolfo and said, “Now Downer, I didn’t know you were sexually active!” In retrospect, what cracks me up most about that situation is the fact that Adolfo stayed until two the next day. If you were Adolfo, would you not be scared shitless by Mr. Drunk? He could have at least left early, but no, he even came and talked to the other roommates and me the next day; it was awkward. I don’t even feel bad writing about Debbie though, because she knows it. I asked her today if she would be pissed at me for exposing her sex life to the world essentially and she shrugged and said no. That’s what I love about Downer, she could care less about what other people think about her. Some might even label her a slut, but in Debbie’s words, “Being a slut is a state of mind and men made the word up anyway.” I think she’s got a point there, plus if she was a tame individual, what would I write about all the time?
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Q&A with That 1 Guy By Brett Emerson
brett.emerson@secondsupper.com That 1 Guy is code for Mike Silverman, a musician unlike any you’ve probably seen. I recently had the opportunity to talk with Silverman about performing alone, Shel Silverstein and fez-wearing monkeys. Second Supper: First off, tell us about “The Magic Pipe”. Mike Silverman: It was really inspired by a few things. I had invented this one-string electric bass that was held like a traditional fretless bass guitar. I have been an upright bass player since I was a kid. I studied classical music on that and playing jazz as a professional. I developed this very percussive approach to the bass, banging on the body like a drum, playing the strings very percussively, sometimes with a bow. The Magic Pipe, from a playing standpoint, developed from this. The instrument itself is constructed out of stainless steel, it has trigger sensors and pickups and strings and it functions as two one-string instruments. I completed the construction of it 10 years ago, and I’ve been fine tuning it ever since. SS: Have you ever had to use it to fend off crowds?
in with stand-up. MS: There’s this movie that came out called Comedian, about how Jerry Seinfeld went back to comedy two years ago. He wanted to write all new material, and at the beginning he was really struggling to get even 20 minutes of average material. At the end, he’s doing his theater gig, following a big production of Pirates of Penzance, and here he is, just a guy with a microphone, and it’s just as entertaining. SS: Your lyrics tend to be dirty and weird, yet very poetic. Did you read a lot of Shel Silverstein as a child? MS: Shel Silvertein is a massive influence! I had all those books. I started with Shel Silverstein and Doctor Seuss and grew into Charles Bukowski and Lenny Bruce. It’s not that they’re dirty; I just love the way words sound together. It’s funny the way that people interpret the way you do things, and I’ve grown comfortable with that. That’s the joy of music and art – we all have our own experiences. It could be anything, everything. SS:Your newest album is titled The Moon Is Disgusting. Why do you hate the moon so much?
MS: I could! Sonically, it’s very much a weapon. SS: How long were you performing before you were signed to the Righteous Babe label? MS: I started experimenting as a one-man band around ’94. It took me ten years to find a comfortable zone that felt right as a performer. Everything was trial and error; nothing was planned. Once it got to a certain level where it was more listenable and understandable, that’s when people started digging it, and the label took an interest. I’ve been playing music as a career since I was 16. The bass was my day job, and That 1 Guy was something I did on my off time. Eventually, I was really forced to jump ship with all of my other projects because I knew that I was going to have to dedicate all my time to this. SS: Do you find it difficult to keep an audience’s attention focused on one point on stage? MS: No, it’s really easy, because there’s nowhere else for them to look! But because of that, it took a long time for me to get my head around the idea of being onstage alone, entertaining. An interesting thing I’ve found is that audiences have a lot more of an attention span than I originally thought. With stand-up comedy, you’re looking at one guy with a microphone. If he’s talented, he can keep everyone laughing their asses off for hours. That’s the mark of a good entertainer, someone who understands dynamic and structure, but can improvise. I think about these things all the time; it’s something that I’m going to be working on for the rest of my life.This is the most challenging thing I’ve ever done, and I love it.
MS: I don’t! I love the moon, and I love cheese. I wrote a short story that is becoming this animation movie idea, a modern folk tale about the moon and cheese. I wanted this album to be a kind of soundtrack for that, but I decided to work on the record and worry about the movie later. The title is just one of those phrases that I find hilarious. SS: Do you believe that musicians who don’t fit the usual molds are starting to find more acceptance beyond perceptions of their being niche acts? MS: I really, really do. People are getting tired of the same old, same old. Not that there’s nothing more to do on traditional instruments – there always is. Buckethead’s a good case in point; he’s completely reinvented that, and it’s been around forever.That said, something fresh and different is very appealing to the ear right now.The recorded music art form is something that has been done to death, and people are happy to hear something new. SS: Finally, would you ever consider bringing a fez-wearing monkey into the act, in tribute to the one man bands of yore? MS: Oh, yeah! I’ve wanted a monkey involved since the get-go. To have a helper like that would be a blast. Maybe the monkey could be a security guard, gouge people’s eyes out. It could function on a lot of different levels. SS:Yeah, well that’s monkeys for you. That 1 Guy will perform at the Bella Sol festival, May 22-24 at Harmony Park in Geneva, Minn.
SS: That’s a great point about how your act ties
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Turn this mother out! cont. Less karaoke Seriously. Shut up already.You’re wasting all the good stages and keeping me away from your bars. — AB Bring back the arcade There was a time when Circus was the only reason to go to Valley View Mall, and that was long before said mall became little more than a fashionista hellhole and a national bookstore’s unsightly blemish. But with the prominence of console and online videogaming, the arcade is all but dead, and it’s bullshit. I don’t want to play online with snotty leetspeakers; I want to kick the shit out of my friends at Street Fighter II, in as public a space as possible to mask my shortcomings as a human being! Bring back pinball, skee-ball, 25-cent video games! I demand a real arcade! — BE Rivoli hosts Mystery Science Theatre 3000 Watching the watcher's watch the worst movies of all time. Plus it's a Minnesota-born show. — NS Dock houseboats at Riverside Park We want to solve the drowning problem? How about 60 watchers on either side of the river. That's 60 rescue attempts and 60 life preservers. Paris does it. — NS Dammit, avoid the damn river after 10 p.m.! Seriously, for the love of Jesus Christ,Allah, Buddha, Xenu, Jim Jones, George Bush, or whatever religious figure you follow, please, just avoid the damn Mississippi River at night. Here’s an idea: at bar time walk EAST. Not west, EAST. E-A-S-T. When you’re drunk, you’re not invincible. Dammit people. How many more good citizens must die? Does each generation really need its own Jared Dion or Luke Homan to remind itself of the natural dangers that lurk just beyond Riverside Park? Are the lessons of the past really gone with each new incoming class of college freshman? —NC Call us out Hey, if you’re reading this, I’ve got a few questions for you. How are we doing? Do you like our stuff? Hate it? Can’t stand us as human beings? Do have any opinion on the articles you see in here on a regular basis? If you aren’t a plant, then for the love of God...do something! There is one thing killing this town, and you know what it is? It’s apathy towards anything that would require even the most minimal amount of effort. For the entire time that we’ve changed the format of our humble publication, we have gotten absolutely no feedback. None. No hate mail, no love mail, nothing. Come on, I know that you are a very intelligent, caring person who is obviously very moved about what is happening in the world around them, so please, the next time you feel that we are romanticizing the absolute worse in humanity, write to let us know. — BC No more roundabouts But nice try. What you didn't count on was that people actually enjoy boiling with hatred at the car in the left turn lane that's going to go straight anyway. — NS Give people a different reason to go downtown In La Crosse, the phrase “Going downtown” is synonymous with “Going to get drunk” (I dare you, nay, I double dare you to think of a time when you’ve heard someone say, “Let’s go downtown,” and not allude to drinking). This little bit of metonymy defines an entire region of the city, and, if La Crosse ever wants to shed its image as a hard-drinking college town, it can start by giving people a reason to go downtown besides getting ham-boned. That’s not to say that there aren’t already reasons to go downtown besides to get all Ernest Hemmingwayed, but the metaphor is so thick and powerful and is so engraved in the consciousness of the La Crosse population that downtown has become a loathsome stereotype that deserves a reputation other than as a giant watering hole. Downtown during the day and downtown at night have become polar opposites, as incomparable as the amounts of sunlight that accompany them. Daytime in downtown La Crosse has all the shops, boutiques and eateries that anyone could ask for, but their prevalence goes relatively unnoticed, overshadowed by the chaos that ensues once the sun goes down. Downtown La Crosse lives a nocturnal sort of life, with relatively no appealing features for the average under-21-year old, save for the Riv and Warehouse, once the sun goes down. The sparse use of the La Crosse Center aids in the lack of city-wide interest in downtown, and the eerie stigma that surrounds the river after dark has given the word “downtown” some unsightly negative connotations. Whatever happened to arcades and 24-hour diners, to laid-back open mic nights and coffee shop jam sessions? When is the overall interest of the town as a whole to break out of the prejudicial stereotype as being a hard-drinking college town going to trump the need to transform every business into a bar where bourgeois college kids — who will only live here for four or five years in the first place — can get hammered before swapping STDs like baseball cards? — NC Public chess It’s hard to think of what would be more fun: chess tables in parks or human-sized tables with people as pieces. There’s only one way to find out! — AB
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Respect crosswalks Every one knows pedestrians have the right of way at a crosswalk, and yet so few drivers ever stop when the foot and bike traffic are waiting. I do not have unreasonable expectations here. I know there will always be people that drive right through the crosswalk when people are waiting to cross, and I know that most of them don’t give it a second thought. But there are certain times when, as a pedestrian, it is just so insulting that drivers don’t stop. Let’s take this past winter for example. I think we can all agree it was a fierce winter. I would stand on the goddamn corner of Fourth and Pearl FOREVER, freezing my ass off while car after car would drive right past me, oh so smugly in their nice temperature controlled sedans while I stood there shaking. And they saw me all right. I see them looking at me, looking at what I’m wearing, judging. And about a week ago, it rained the sideways kind of rain that just sucks, and I stood on the corner of Third and Pearl, half way out into the intersection, waving at the cars so they would stop. And yet still so many smug drivers saw me and decided it just was not worth it to stop so I can walk across the goddamn street in the pouring rain. It’s funny because this problem says so much more about how much residents of La Crosse don’t get out and walk enough, because if they did, there is no way they wouldn’t stop for someone at a crosswalk. If people actually got out and walked around the city they live in, they would notice how unbelievably rude the drivers in La Crosse are to any other kind of traffic. People, seriously, stop for people at crosswalks, and if you can’t even find it in your heart to do that, then just slow the hell down. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve almost been hit for the stupidest reasons. I don’t care if you’re in a hurry, it’s not worth it. — KM City brewery creates a micro-brew version of Old Style Why not? It'll probablly taste better. — NS A statue of Gottlieb Heileman should be erected on the top of Grandad Bluff He was a founding assett to this town and deserves to oversee it. — NS
None of these ladies have any idea what a crappy night lies ahead of them. Aside from navigating the 500 yards of flourescent pink tulle that has now become a part of their body, these ladies will also get to enjoy "eating" a fine dinner with the prepubescent asshole who asked her for one of two reasons: 1.) To get in her pants or, in this case, up her skirt, 2. )To get with her best friend.
Go to the beach Ahh, La Crosse: home to three majestic rivers, a smattering of lakes and beautiful beachfronts no one ever visits. That’s the sad secret of the River City. We like to brag about our water holes, but we hardly ever play in them. The Black River Beach is a huge expanse of sand tailor-made for games of volleyball or the flying of kites. Pettibone Beach has a jewel of a bathhouse and a postcard-worthy view of the city. Unfortunately, they usually have more waterborne pathogens than beachgoers. Is our society really that sterile that we’d rather take a pass on summertime fun than risk contacting cryptosporidiosis or swim through strange feces? Probably, but you could still don a bikini and take your chances with skin cancer. — AB Support independent bookstores I’m a proud, four-eyed bookworm. I’ve been known to spend entire afternoons in bookshops pouring through the stacks searching for those hidden treasures I didn’t even know I was looking for. Anytime I pay a visit to a city, I make sure to find their bookstores and spend some time there. I’ll just come out and say it, being well read is sexy to me, and I will almost always be drawn to a person’s bookshelf in their home and thus judge them on its content. I know bookstores aren’t at all profitable in these days of Amazon.com and the giant box store chains, but it doesn’t mean I can’t wish for a variety of good bookstores in town. The used shop on Pearl is decent, and I’m thankful to have it even if it’s not exactly my ideal. I don’t even know if I could describe my ideal, I just know it when I see it and emerge beaming from its doors with a stack under my arms. It’s become all too cliché these days for our overweight children to prefer video games to books, learned from adults who proudly flaunt their lack of reading. This is a far greater tragedy to me than the retirement of Brett Favre. Yeah, I said it. — SJ Breeden, we want the ‘stache This is just for Dan Breeden. Ready? OK. Bring back the mustache. Please. Nothing commanded more power from a captive audience or made the weather quiver in its high/low front than that power ‘stache. That mustache changed how a generation will look at weather forecasting forever. Isn’t it time to give this generation that same feeling when they see that a winter advisory is about to hit their hometown? Bring back the mustache, Dan....bring it back...for ME. — BC Local artists take over the giant 6-pack yearly Let's make the most visible thing in this town beautiful once in a while. Hmm, batteries? What else comes in a 6-pack? — NS Citywide pillow fight Need I say more? — SJ
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Reviews - your guide to consumption Sweetwater IPA Sweetwater Brewing Company Atlanta, Georgia One of the great pleasures of traveling to new places is sampling beers that are not available in your hometown. On a recent swing through Atlanta I would only order beverages from taps I had never seen before, a practice I’d recommend to all who read this column. I’ve found some real gems this way — for example, everything from the Terrapin Brewing Company — but when it came time to sneak a 6-pack into my luggage this week, I had to bring home my favorite new beer, the Sweetwater IPA. The six Sweetwaters that came back to La Crosse were all fantastically received by the Second Supper Tasting Panel, and now we’re just a little sad that we might not ever taste them again. There may not be a more aptly named beverage producer in the Ratings: United States than Atlanta’s Sweetwater Brewery Company. Holding its IPA to the nose, a drinker is hit with a wonderful citrusy aroma 9.5 of 10 with pronounced tones of grapefruit and an inviting caramel base. There’s a strong hop character to this beer, as evidenced by the dry 9 of 10 first sip, but it’s the sweet malts that brings this IPA to rare heights. 9.5 of 10 Although the taste doesn’t really come on until the middle of the tongue, a wonderful mouthfeel of oily hops coats the cheeks and adds 7 of 10 a satisfying quench with the swallow. This Sweetwater has one of the best floral finishes of any IPA I’ve ever sampled, and the flavors stay in 9 of 10 the mouth with ample salivation. There’s a real “wow factor” to this beer, as every person I handed a bottle to — even avowed IPA haters Total: — said “Wow! That’s a good beer.” Looks like I may have to schedule another stop in Georgia sooner than later. But next time I’m bringing 44 of 50 home a case! — Adam Bissen
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Film Reviews Forgetting Sarah Marshall Director: Nicholas Stoller Cast: Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis Writer: Jason Segel By Nicholas Cabreza
nicholas.cabreza@secondsupper.com This whole "Apatow Crew" phenomenon echoes the Ben Stiller monopoly from a few years back, when every damn comedy featured some combination of Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn or Ben Stiller. The Apatow Crew, comprised mainly of Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Paul Rudd and Jason Segel, continues to tighten its stranglehold on American comedy with yet another installment of its geeks-who-get-hotwomen brand of sex-comedy. Judd Apatow, the leader of the clique, has produced, written, or directed a crap-load of recent movies, and Forgetting Sarah Marshall, though admirable for a variety of reasons, is probably the least impressive of the lot. Here's the skinny: lazy everyman Peter (Jason Segel), a composer for a fictional CSI ripoff, gets dumped by his hernia-inducingly-hot girlfriend Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell), the star of that same TV show. Peter escapes for a while by flying to Hawaii, but, in a lofty coincidence, runs into Sarah and her new boyfriend Aldous,
FUBAR (2002) Director: Michael Dowse Starring: Paul J. Spence, Dave Lawrence, Gordon Skilling Written by: Michael Dowse, Dave Lawrence, Paul J. Spence Consider this to be Spinal Tap for Canadian mulletheads. I can’t say enough good things about it. This fake documentary gem centers on starving filmmaker Farrell Michener, following around bass-demon, Merlin-believing Dean (DEANER!) Murdoch, and cousin-fingering wussie Terry Cahill.There’s kind of a Beavis and Butt-head dynamic at play, albeit one where Butt-head gets ball cancer and picks a fight with God while wearing tighty-whities during a rainstorm. Deaner (our Butt-head) is quite a wolf with the droopy-eyed ladies in the film, though to be fair, one of them was a prostitute hired by Terry. Deaner’s dread of impending nutlessness quickly turns this film into a last hurrah week-
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Album Reviews who just happen to be staying at the same hotel at the same time and in the room right next to Peter's, no less. In its opening 20 minutes, Forgetting Sarah Marshall comes out swinging, firing on all cylinders in a relentless effort to make you wet yourself from laughter.The initial onslaught, though, is short-lived, and the laughs gradually fade into oblivion as the film goes on cruise control in its second half. The end of the movie is painfully slow in approaching; you can tell that the filmmakers rushed frantically to wrap everything up: Peter returns from Hawaii, writes an entire musical, gets it produced and performs it on opening night, all shown in one five-minute montage, and all this after the Hawaii scenes dragged needlessly on and on and on one after another. Give first-time writer Segel credit, though, for at least having his heart in the right place. He'll get other chances to manage the pace of his movies; as long as he continues to hang with the Apatow crew, he'll have an endless amount of chances to make movies in the years to come. end, where the hoser chums cruise around town smashing shit, take to the woods for a camping trip and unsuccessfully try to get their friend Tron to ditch his shrew (to put it politely, without the easy rhyme) and party. We’ve all known a Tron, the sellout bastard. The camping trip lures Farrell into the fray, where the documentarian gets smashed and berates the two metalheads for being so shiftless. But later, Farrell flops five feet into a lazy creek and dies. Apparently Farrell wasn’t such a smart guy after all. On this excursion we are also treated to the sight of a bare-chested ginger beauty, bare knuckle boxing a tubby sweathog in a parking lot, and knocking the porker’s tooth out in an honorable Canadian exhibition. Maintiens le droit! So Deaner loses his nut and gets his hair chemoed off, yet somehow, his molester 'stache remains. Tron returns, ready to rock for at least one more time. And all the hosers go to hoser heaven. Damn right. It’s like a fable, and fables are history, according to Deaner. So it’s real, I think. Watch this important historical document!
That 1 Guy – The Moon Is Disgusting This does not sound like the work of a one-man band. At all. There are points on the album that a three-piece group would have trouble pulling off. The fact that any of this music is played live by one person is astounding. If there is a unifying musical theme on The Moon Is Disgusting, it is found in the sludgy low tones which seep into almost everything. Since Mike Silverman is primarily a bass player, that stands to reason.The drums are often driven by kick, keeping a very slow and basic beat.The sound of Silverman’s voice at times reminds me of Monster Magnet’s Dave Wyndorf in his sleazier moments; it creates such a weird, gleeful contrast with his sharp, sly, almost childlike poeticism. I’m rather fond of the innuendo-ridden “Buttmachine,” (Surprised?) and the jazz-handsy “Dig.” The final track, however, has no singing, and very little obvious connection with the rest of the album, but That 1 Guy’s rendition of “Over the Rainbow” may be the best song on a brilliant album. Of course, there have been one-man studio wizards before, but the idea of one person performing music this sophisticated is rather unique. That 1 Guy will change the way you think about the limits of music. — Brett Emerson
Does It Offend You, Yeah? – You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Yourself Into This is officially my favorite band which stole its name from Ricky Gervais. And it’s a fuck of an album which these Office-humpers have made. It’s as though the best and most exciting elements of Daft Punk and synthie-indie bands such as Bloc Party were distilled and mixed together, creating an electrodance Frankenstein that doesn’t move feet and shake asses so much as it skullfucks them into submission. It takes a monstrous bravado to title the least compelling track on an album “Attack of the 60 ft Lesbian Octopus” (and as they’re English, there may be a metric conversion in there) – much less make it a Grand Mal surf-rock seizure. Following this is one of the disc’s best songs, a red vinyl platform boot disco sex stomper, insipidly titled “Let’s Make Out," a mantra chanted with !!!’s Rain Man sensibilities. And despite all expectations, this is a great song. They’re all great songs.There isn’t a goddamn thing on this album that I even come close to disliking. To all who synchronize hips to synthesized blips, GET THIS! — Brett Emerson
The Bravery – The Sun and the Moon: Complete Had I not illegally downloaded the original release of The Sun and the Moon, this would have irritated me in a way I haven’t felt since the last time I bought a Fear Factory CD – or anything on the Roadrunner label, for that matter. (For the record, well before I could have downloaded the bonus tracks.) This two-disc rerelease is now cleverly split between the Sun disc, which contains the original version of the album, and the Moon disc, which has the exact same track list, reinterpreted. I like this idea. It’s kind of reminiscent of when the Foo Fighters released their double album, with one side rock and one side soft. Still, this collection feels like a backpedal, as though the Bravery set out to do something a little more mature on their sophomore album, and it came out weird, so they went back and teched it up in order to make it sound more in line with their dancy debut. To be fair, I think this works, mostly. Though the original version showed a great deal of competency, the majority of it felt rather lackluster. Oddly, the brightest songs on the Sun disc – “Every Word Is a Knife in My Ear,” “Above and Below” and gorgeous, orchestral “The Ocean” – all suffer downgrades on the Moon disc in varying degrees. Yet many of the other tracks have been improved, in particular “This Is Not the End” and the weirdly hip-hop twinged “Split Me Wide Open,” and these changes justify picking up this collection. Sorry, Bravery fans, you’ll just have to pony up some more cash. Or just download the Moon. I don’t care. — Brett Emerson
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Batman: Lovers and Madmen (2008) By Michael Green, Denys Cowan, John Floyd, Prentis Rollins Alan Moore’s The Killing Joke, long considered by many of us comic book nerds as the definitive take on the Joker, might have one of its first serious contenders on its hands. Let’s consider Moore first. His Joker is among the first to be genuinely scary, starkly opposed to Cesar Romero’s Adam West fighting, makeup-covered Latin Lover Moustache sporting thespian of the absurd. Moore’s Joker actually had a tangible past – though owing to the retcon happy nature of comics, it has often been called into question. This Joker starts his descent as a beige-faced and unemployed engineer, who traded in his craft for a failing career as a stand-up comedian. This Joker has a pregnant wife at home, and they dearly love each other. But despair sucks him in. A group of petty gangsters scheme to erect him as their patsy in a chemical plant robbery, costuming him in ridiculous supervillian regalia and dubbing him “The Red Hood.” In the midst of this, he discovers that his wife has just died, but he’s strong-armed into joining the robbery, and ultimately falls into the same vat of chemicals which Jack Nicholson would crawl out of, a few years later. In Moore’s present day, the Joker embarks on a psychological rampage, determined to prove that the line between sanity and psychosis can be breached with “one bad day.” His test subject is one Commissioner James Gordon, whose Batgirl daughter gets shot in the spine, permanently paralyzed, and possibly abused sexually. Gordon himself is locked in a cage and shown pictures of his daughter, naked and broken. But Gordon doesn’t give in, and the Joker’s thesis is ruined. In the end, Batman saves the day, followed by one of the most gripping moments in the Dark Knight’s history. The Joker tells Batman a joke – and they laugh, together, as the cops close in. Understandably, this story has dominated the entire Joker (and Batman) mythology since. Michael Green has a different take, a little more badass, yet no less arresting. Green’s Joker begins as an unstoppable shitkicking gangster, apparently unable to be killed, which takes out all the laughs. The sight of Batman, in the dawn of his crimefighting career, inspires “Jack” t o
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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
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VITERBO UNIVERSITY
Women’s Softball: Thu., Apr. 24 vs. Clarke College @ La Crosse, WI - 3 pm
Men’s Baseball: Thu., Apr. 24 vs. St. Mary's University (9) @ La Crosse, WI - 3:30 pm
Sports UW-L
performances
Women’s Softball: Wed., April 30 vs. Winona State, Minn. (DH) @ La Crosse, Wis. 3 PM
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. What: The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood A frantically funny, Monty Pythonesque retelling of the classic. Date: June 13-15 and 20-21at 7:30 p.m. June 14, 15, 21, and 22 at 1:00 p.m. (Auditions are on May 5 and 6.)
Women’s and Men’s Track: Congratulations UW-L! Thurs., May 15 NCAA III Qualifier La Crosse, Wis. 4 p.m.
Men’s Baseball: Sat., April 26 vs. UW-Whitewater* (DH) @ La Crosse, Wis. Noon Sun., April 27 vs. UW-Whitewater* (DH) La Crosse, Wis. Noon
Art Show & Performance at Salon Medusa Salon Medusa is holding an experimental art, mixed media, performance art and photography showing at 6 PM. Performances begin at 8.
Women’s Softball: Wed., Apr. 30 vs. UW-La Crosse (2) @ La Crosse, WI 3:00 pm
Men’s Baseball: Tue., Apr. 29 vs. Minnesota State Mankato (2) @ Winona, MN 2 p.m. Mon., May 5 vs.Viterbo, WI @ Winona, MN 7 p.m.
Men’s Baseball: Tue., Apr. 29 vs. Martin Luther @ Home - 2:00 pm
Women’s Softball: Sat., Apr. 26 vs. Central @ Home - 2:00 pm
Art Exhibits, cont. Edland Art Gallery (La Crosse) 608-785-2787 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. SERVEWARE; JEWELRY; HAND-WROUGHT IRON, ALUMINUM, AND PEWTER PIECES
ongoing State Street Gallery (La Crosse) 608-782-0101
Art Exhibits
through April 28 Phyllis Scarbrough showcases some of the finest handmade baskets around. She has woven over 3,000 baskets, covering over 300 styles.
LA CROSSE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT ART SHOW
May 4 through May 31 Pump House (La Crosse) Kader Room & Front Gallery
ongoing
La Crosse students will display their art, showcasing a variety of media.
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. PAINTING, POTTERY, PHOTOS, JEWELRY
THURSDAY, APRIL 24 Terra Cotta Pot painting/selling Clocktower, UW-L campus 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Movie showing/Drum circle Center for the Arts field, UW-L campus (rain site: Cowley Hall, Room 140) 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. Watch a night showing of Planet Earth. Neighborhood Clean Up Meet at Clock tower at 3:30 With the snow melting comes an enourmous amount of trash in our neighborhoods. Don’t be a punk and come clean up the junk. Film Festival Affluenza La Crosse Public Library Auditorium 7 p.m. Explore the high social and environmental costs of materialism and over consumption. FRIDAY, APRIL 25
“WHO IS A CITIZEN? WHAT IS CITIZENSHIP?”
Frederick R. Weisman Museum (University of Minnesota)
Earth Week Events
“A WEAVER’S JOURNEY”
Pump House (La Crosse)
WINONA STATE
LUTHER COLLEGE
Theaters
Sports, cont.
WRAP (WISCONSIN REGIONAL ARTISTS PROGRAM) EVENT
June 6 through June 30 Pump House, Kader Room Variety of Media. Workshop is June 30, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
ongoing
Film Festival Design E² La Crosse Public Library Auditorium Noon Learn about efforts to design and build eco-friendly structures through sustainable architecture Franciscan Sisters ‘Cosmic Walk’ presentation Port O’Call, Cartwright Center 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. Sister Lucy will help to provide a perspective of where humans fit into the bigger picture and how our personal choices can impact all things. Open Mic, hosted by Cait Shannahan Bluffland Bloom and Brew 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. SATURDAY, APRIL 26 5K Run/Walk Start at Myrick Park end at Cameron Park Questions? Contact Jen Phelps: 920-257-9340 8:30 a.m., number pick-up at Myrick Park 9:30 a.m., race begins
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Earth Week Events, cont. FRIDAY, APRIL 26 cont. Organic Pancake BeneďŹ t Breakfast 9am - 2 pm @ Cameron Park All proceeds go to the Four Paths Foundation, dedicated to finding sustainable solutions in a developing Nepal. Tickets: $5 in advance, $7 Day of - Avail. at Coop, Bloom & Brew.
Earth Week Celebration Cameron Park 11 a.m. (rain site: Three Rivers Waldorf School)
Informational booths, slack lines, jugglers, kids' activites, and bands including: The Browsers, Derek Pritzel, Figureheads, Down Lo, and Moonshine Conspiracy SUNDAY, APRIL 27 Film Festival This Ancient Love and Renewal La Crosse Public Library Auditorium 3 p.m. This Ancient Love brings together glorious visuals from Cape Cod with two songs by women whose voices join the images in breathtaking conversations between land and music. Renewal traces the rise in environmental activism among religious communities throughout America.
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COMMUNITY SERVICE [ Area LA CROSSE All Star Lanes 4735 Mormon Coulee
Alpine Inn W5715 Bliss rd.
Alumni
620 Gillette st.
Barrel Inn 2005 West ave.
Sunday
Monday
3 games for $5 starts at 8 p.m.
3 games for $5 starts at 8 p.m.
bucket special
Bud Night 6 - CL: $1.75 bottles $5 pitchers
Beer Pong $7.00 4 Cans 8-close
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.
Coconut Joe’s 223 Pearl st.
Dan’s Place 411 3rd st.
Fiesta Mexicana 5200 Mormon Coulee
Fox Hollow
N3287 County OA
Buck Night starts at 6 p.m.
Import night starts at 7 p.m.
Cosmic Bowl & Karaoke starts at 9 p.m.
Cosmic Bowl starts at 9 p.m.
3 games for $5 starts at 7 p.m. 6 - CL $2.50 Sparks
$1 softshell tacos $1 shots of doctor, cherry doctor
$5 bbq ribs and fries
AUCE wings $5.00 free crazy bingo buy one cherry bomb get one for $1
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
meatball sandwich meal: $6.15 2 dogs meal: $ 5.25
$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
batterfried cod, fries, beans, and garlic bread $5.50
$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
closed
closed
$.50 domestic taps, $1 microbrews, $3 domestic pitchers, $6 microbrew pitchers
$2.00 Cruzan Rum Mixers, $2.50 Jameson Shots, $3.00 Mixers
$3.00 Patron Shots
$2 Tuesdays, including $2 bottles, import taps, beer pong, apps, single shot mixers, featured shots, and 50 cent taps
WING NIGHT-$1.25/LB BUFFALO, SMOKEY BBQ, PLAIN $1.00 PABST AND PABST LIGHT BOTTLES$1.50 ROLLING ROCK BOTTLES $2.25 BUD LIGHTS $1.00 SHOT OF THE WEEK
$2.00 Captain Mixers
Wristband Night $5 COLLEGE I.D. $9 general public
$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
bottles
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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 $1.75 domestic
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
$2.50 JUMBO CAPTAIN AND FLAVORED BACARDI MIXERS $3.00 JAGER BOMBS
$4 full pint Irish Car Bomb
Gracie’s
717 Rose st.
Saturday
3 p.m. - midnight 25 cent hot wings $1 shots of Dr.
1904 Campbell rd.
127 Marina dr.
Friday
$6.00 AUCD
Goal Post
Huck Finn’s
Thursday
bucket night 6 for $9
meat or marinara spaghetti: $3.45 Italian sausage: $4.95
114 5th ave.
318 Pearl st.
Tuesday Wednesday
1/4 barrel giveaway 8-11 $1 burgers
free pitcher of beer or soda with large pizza
The Cavalier CheapShots
16oz top sirloin $7 22oz tbone 9.75 sutffed sirloin 8 jack daniels tips 8 $1 shots of Doctor, cherry doctor - 8-cl Happy hour 4-6 $1.75 cans, $2 mix drinks
food & drink specials ]
$1.75 domestic bottles
$1.75 domestic bottles
HAPPY HOUR 5 - 7 20
COMMUNITY SERVICE [ Area LA CROSSE The Joint 324 Jay st.
Legend’s
Sunday
123 3rd st.
closed come in and find out ... you’ll be glad you did
Loons
3264 George st.
Ringside 223 Pearl st.
Schmidty’s 3119 State rd.
Shooter’s 120 S 3rd st.
closed
closed hamburger $1.25 cheeseburger $150
1128 La Crosse st.
Nutbush
Tuesday Wednesday
HAPPY HOUR EVERYDAY 4 - 8, $2 domestic beer and rail drinks ALL DAY, EVERYDAY $1 shots of Dr.
223 Pearl st.
The Library
Monday
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
food & drink specials ] Thursday
WING NIGHT $2 SVEDKA MIXERS $2.50 JACK MIXERS $2.25 BUD LIGHTS $2 SHOTS OF ALL DOCTOR FLAVORS
closed
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
AFTER COMEDY: PINT NIGHT $1 PINTS OF RAILS MIXERS AND DOMESTIC TAPS $2 PINTS OF CALL MIXERS AND IMPORT TAPS $3 PINTS OF TOP SHELF MIXERS
Wristband Night
$5.00 for 25 wings
AUCE fish fry DJ 9 - CL
BUCK WED burger, hot dog or brat
$2 mixers, taps, bottles $1.00 OFF YOUR CHOICE OF FOOD
HAPPY HOUR 4 PM - 7 PM $1.00 OFF CHICKEN HOOP DAY!! MAKE PHILLY, $1.00 OFF YOUR SHOT AND CHEESE CURDS YOUR ENTRÉE IS FREE!
$1 cans PBR
$1 cans Busch Light
$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. 21
$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
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
happy hour all day long! $1.00 OFF WILD WINGS, $1.00 PHILLY STEAK AND CHEESE.
LUNCH BUFFET $6.45
$2 Bacardi mixers
317 Pearl st.
$5.99 FISH SANDWICH FOR LUNCH, $6.99 FISH SANDWICH FOR DINNER, $9.99 ALL YOU CAN EAT FISH FRY ALL DAY
$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 3 - 6
$1 tacos, Ladies Night 2 for 1, 9 - CL
$2 SHOTS OF GOLDSLAGER $5 DOUBLE VODKA ENERGY DRINK
cheeseburger, fries, pop: $4 cheeseburger, fries, beer: $4.25 Philly or Reuben, fries, pop: $5.75, Philly or Reuben, fries, beer: $6
happy hour all day Packer games: $1.50 Coors Light Silver, $1 Dr. shots, free brats
137 S 4th st.
Saturday
$2 Love Stories $5 Wu Tang Teas $1 shots of the DOC!
Tailgators 1019 S 10th st.
Friday
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
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Entertainment Directory 4/24-5/1 Sunday, April 27
La Crosse
Popcorn Tavern Something Jazz
Thursday, April 24 Dan’s Place Live DJ
9:00
The Recovery Room Live DJ Nutbush Live DJ
10:00
Popcorn Tavern The Moon
10:00
9:00
The Warehouse Mayday Parade, My American Heart, The Graduate, Verona Grove 6:00 Friday, April 25 All Star Lanes Karaoke My Second Home Karaoke
9:00
Popcorn Tavern Shawn's Open Jam
Nutbush Live DJ
All Star Lanes Karaoke Players Live DJ
Cloud Cult, Mason Proper First Avenue
Sat., 4/26
Maya Angelou
Sun., 4/27
10:00
Nutbush Live DJ 10:00 Second Supper vol. 8, issue 113
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9:00 10:00
High Noon Saloon
Sat., 4/26
Cartel, Ten Second Epic
Majestic Theatre
Tues., 4/29
Tegan & Sara
Barrymore Theatre
Tues., 5/6
The Avett Brothers
High Noon Saloon
Fri., 5/9
Menomonie population
Longhorn Karaoke
10:00
Player’s Karaoke
10:00
Popcorn Tavern Brownie’s Open Jam
10:00
The Joint Wu-Tang Wednesday
14,937
Charlie Parr
The Waterfront Bar & Grill Sat., 4/26
Polydypsia
The Waterfront Bar & Grill Thur., 5/01
Kinetix
The Waterfront Bar & Grill
10:00
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Little Marsh Overflow The Waterfront Bar & Grill Thur., 5/08
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8:30
Coconut’s Live DJ
10:00
The Phenomenauts, The AKA's Triple Rock Social Club Young Jeezy Myth Nightclub
10:00
Loon’s Comedy Night
10:00
Popcorn Tavern Sterus
10:00
Wednesday, April 30
Nutbush Live DJ
Saturday, April 26
population
9:00
Future Rock, Dark Party (featuring Eliot Lipp & Leo123)
Library Karaoke
The Warehouse The Second String Dinosaurs,Union Pulse, Cardiac Radio, Tony Zobeck 6:00
Minneapolis
Tuesday, April 29
10:00
10:00
10:00
George St. Pub Adam Palm’s Open Jam
Player’s Live DJ
Popcorn Tavern Shoeless Revolution with Comosapien
Just A Roadie Away...
Monday, April 28
Popcorn Tavern Paulie 9:00
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Tech N9ne, Paul Wall, Ill Bill The Rave/Eagles Ballroom
Wed., 4/30
Lila Downs
Thur., 5/30
Latino Arts Auditorium
The Presidents of the United States of America The Rave/Eagles Ballroom
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