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Do this... WHAT: Bandit County Fair WHERE: **NEW LOCATION** Gunner's Campground, DeSoto, Wisconsin** WHEN: June 13-14 Floods may come and campgrounds may go, but the Bandit County Fair will soldier on. The annual celebration of all things Smokin Bandits & Friends was set to rock the Romance Valley, but you know what they say about the best laid plans. This weekend’s heavy rains flooded out the original campgrounds, but the Bandits got on the horn and found a new place to party. This year’s Bandit County Fair will be held at Gunner’s Campground in DeSoto, Wis., presumably on much higher ground. Just head south on Highway 35 and instead of turning towards Genoa continue straight into DeSoto. Look for the Bandit County Fair signs and turn onto Ghelf Road. Once you get settled into the campground, get ready to have a good time at a regional jamstravaganza. Expect big thing from the Bandit's festival closing set Saturday night. Tickets are only $35 at the gate, $25 if purchased in advanced at Del’s Bar, the Pearl Street Brewery or the Joint. And if you’re still upset about missing the opportunity to see live music in beautiful Romance, wait until July 10 when the Second Suppersponsored Culture Shock festival will begin filling the valley. We hope.
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By Zack Gaugush Contributing Writer
Surely many people are well aware of the now burgeoning organic food movement and the industry it has created. Perhaps you have decided to join the movement by voting with your dollar for a healthier choice at the grocery store or local co-op, or better yet, trying your hand at gardening. Was the healthier choice for a healthier self out of rational concern over the use of chemical pesticides and nutrients? Or was there something more? The new buzzword in the world of food is local, and rightly so. The average American meal travels about 1,500 miles from the field to your table. Therein lies the first hurdle in understanding the issues in eating what you eat, and in the process, being what you eat. The amount of energy required to feed America every day is enormous. Consider the amount of inputs required to bring that tasty goodness to your lips. First, a field must be prepared and planted, followed by routine applications of chemicals, fumigants, pesticides, herbicides and nutrients obtained largely from the dwindling and controversially sourced crude oil and natural gas. A local food system can rely more on human action, powered by food itself, and less on fossil fuels. While many Americans remain unemployed, the produce of American fields is often harvested by the hands of illegal immigrant workers. Granted this work can be long and hard, but how many kinds of work are not so? There is plenty of pride for American
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workers to take from working to feed America’s families. Also, the fruits grown in distant lands need be picked prior to attaining their peak ripeness, otherwise they spoil en route to the grocer. It is in the final moments of fruits on the vine that they become most nutritious, most effective as food. Search out a fresh picked anything from its source and discover what you may have been missing when at the store. So the cucumber has been picked, the lettuce cut, and now it is on its way to you. Transporting crates and boxes of food across the country day in and day out all year long is today’s reality. Given the economic and environmental cost of this routine, you might wonder how much fossil fuel it took to eat lunch today. Not to mention, how many acres and how much food will there be for eating with so many farmers turning their fields to produce corn for the ethanol fuel illusion…growing corn for fuel can only promise to be a transition to more sustainable practices, certainly not a solution. So there it sits, a new bunch of carrots or
a bag of onions, waiting to fall into your stir-fry. If you can relate to that image as you stand in the grocery store and your kitchen, congratulations on cooking for yourself. The entry of highly processed foods into the American diet has reared its ugly head in the form of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, etc. Processing food away from its more raw and fresh forms destroys much of the nutritional value once held within the bright skin and flesh of that beautiful root, leaf or fruit. And what about those long winters? The canning, drying and preserving of foods for tomorrow can be even more rewarding than cooking for today. I can certainly understand if you find that addressing many of the aforementioned issues to be gargantuan challenges backed by juggernauts of resistance. Fear not! For there are bastions of hope and promise, solutions and progress. These silent little strongholds are those of your amicable local farmers, over the ridges and coulees and across the rivers and streams. Therein lie the lands and hands that can feed you, your family and your community. The struggle we now face is to actively recre-
ate and support a local food economy, as they existed only a few generations ago. Sure it will take time and money, people and hard work, but only then will the hidden costs of unsustainable food production be overtaken by the benefits of true food security, quality and value that a local food system creates. So there you are, a hungry body in need of not only calories but also community. In fair exchange to the work of local farmers there are many things you can do. Visit your local farmer’s market, ask local restaurants about using local food, volunteer at the community gardens, become a member of a communitysupported farm and best yet, start a garden and partake in the experience of sustaining yourself. Understand, enjoy and value your food, get to know your farmers and their labor of love. A community in touch with its food system is a community that cares for itself, and caring for your community is the next best thing to caring for your planet. The change won’t happen today, nor tomorrow, its baby steps all the way…time to start to get your footing.
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By Adam Bissen
adam.bissen@secondsupper.com The rain had poured and poured all weekend, and by Sunday morning, at the far end of Chipmunk Coulee, the crew at Driftless Farm was digging in. Many had seen similar flooding last August — most everyone in Vernon County had — when water rushed into the valley and washed away part of the farm and practically everything that was in the greenhouse. But on this Sunday, Roald Gundersen wouldn’t let it happen again. He was out of bed by five a.m., saw the torrent rushing down the hills, eddying against the greenhouse, and called for more hands to help. They threw rocks and shoveled dirt to fight the water, but they were helpless at halting the rush until they learned to use topography and leaky dams of sticks and stones to channel it into its natural wash. The next day, stones from the hillside filled the ravine as if it were quarried while workers stooped in the nearby garden, pulling
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weeds from the summer’s first lettuce crop. “We could say we were raging against that stream, but where it turned the corner was when we said ‘Hey, we’re never going to beat this flood. How about working with it?’” Gundersen recalled Monday over tea with honey, nearly all his fingers wrapped in Band-Aids after 12 hours of labor. “Then we were joking: ‘Hey, we’re becoming rock farmers!’” Gundersen, a world-renowned architect, said he could use the stones for future buildings, but that’s not all Driftless Farms reaps by working in harmony with the earth. The place is a veritable showroom of sustainability, and it functions under a model that’s becoming increasingly popular in the farming world: community supported agriculture. CSAs are basically a season-long partnership between growers and members. At the beginning of the year, members put down money to help cover seeds, tools and labor costs, and in return they get a full box of produce each week with contents changing according to the harvest season. Members enjoy it because they get food that’s been picked that day and costs less than organic foods from the supermarket. Farmers appreciate it because they have a guaranteed market to share both the bounty of agriculture as well as its risks, keeping bank loans to a minimum. “There’s so many variables in farming, and taking the money variable away really gives you the opportunity to do the best farming and give people the best food you can get: local and picked in the season,” said David Mahon, who lives and works at Driftless Farm and is quite adept at walking across it barefoot. The philosophy of Driftless Farm is at once forward-thinking and a throwback to an earlier era. Gundersen moved to the 140-acre property near Stoddard in 1994, but the land had been in his family for years. Fresh from a stint as an architect in Arizona’s Biosphere 2 project, Gundersen would use the wooded property to hone his famed Whole Tree Architecture. Mostly Gundersen used the land to harvest trees for his naturally constructed buildings, but his romantic partner Amelia Baxter started organizing the CSA in 2005.
Raised in Connecticut, Baxter began working on organic farms during summers in college, where she studied sustainability issues and international agriculture. After graduation she moved to Nicaragua to work with native farmers but became hung up on a contradiction: People near the Western-owned plantations supplying the world with bananas lived in poverty and could hardly afford the fruit. “It became clear to me that the land issues in poorer parts of the world have a lot to do with the way we are eating in richer parts of the world,” explained Baxter, who would then move to Chicago to help develop urban farms. In starting up Driftless Farm, Baxter said she initially ran into the “La Crosse challenge,” an unwillingness to pay higher prices for local organic produce. That’s changed in recent years, she said, as media increased its coverage on food scares like salmonella and e. coli as well as the importance of reducing one’s “carbon footprint.” Except for a few neighbors en route to the city, all of Driftless Farm’s 40-some members live in La Crosse. They can pick up their produce boxes on Friday evenings at the Cameron Park farmers market or on Wednesday nights at the Bodega Brew Pub. Baxter said their members enjoy feeling a connection to their food, and with Driftless Farm being just 12 miles from downtown, many drop in just to see how things are growing. A full share for Driftless Farm, which entails a large box of produce delivered weekly from June through October, costs $550, while a half share — which comes in a smaller box — costs $325. They also offer a work share program where members volunteer to do four hours of farm labor each week in return for their box of food. “It’s wonderful. I like getting the dirt underneath my fingernails,” said Christina Guist, a work share member who was weeding the lettuce patch on Monday. “I enjoy just being out at the farm. It’s a great atmosphere and feeling
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Driftless Farm runs a little differently than most, i.e.: above is a picture of their backhoe, Lucy. When clearing a forest to turn into graden, Mr. Gundersen prefers to set up a solar-powered electric fence and allow his horse to clear out the brush the old-fashioned way — by eating it all.
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By Dane Gonzales Contributing Writer
Hello hungry readers! I'm excited to share a day of my life with you that I'm safe to say will benefit the people of La Crosse, since improving the quality of life is a fun task to work on these days. Twelve miles west of town through La Crescent we traveled to Hoch Orchard and Gardens. The green strawberries on the way in gave us the go, and we parked next to a cherry tree that had just lost her blossoms. I was refreshed since the feeling of summer doesn't start without strawberries in the fields. Harry Hoch greeted us and guided us inside for dinner and to meet his wife Jackie, daughter Missy and recently adopted gato, Pippin. As we sat for dinner we were joined by some interns working on the farm, two from Peru and one from Nepal. The Hochs house interns throughout the year from different countries and mentioned two more were on their way to help for the summer. After a delicious dinner, Harry and Jackie led the way to the orchard with a bottle of homemade wine to sip along the way. Strawberries, raspberries, apricots, plums, blueberries, a couple acres of grapes and 45 to 50 varieties of apples were all on the menu. Harry and
Jackie mentioned their process of complete conversion to organic and their goal of providing fruit as local as possible. Most of Hochs' fruit is shipped to the Twin Cities to natural food stores and also to La Crosse, Winona and Viroqua's co-ops. The freshest you will find it though will be at the farmers' markets in Winona, La Crosse and soon Bluffland Bloom and Brew. With an empty bottle in hand and moonlit sky overhead we called it a night. New friends were made and fresh ideas were born. As we headed back to town we couldn't help but notice a feeling of excitement having experienced such a wonderful evening. I'm pretty confident to say that tasty times are ahead of us with people and places like the Hochs and their orchard.
Having the space for a huge garden overflowing with fruits, veggies and flowers would be great, but for most of us apartment-dwellers, it simply isn't a possibility. But rejoice! You, too, can get in on the green-thumb action, albeit on a smaller scale. Apartment gardening is a great way to beautify your pad, and you can even grow some edible stuff too. Plus, it's a hobby even your mom would approve of. Obviously, if you have a deck or a patio, you'll want to put your plants there, but sunny areas inside your apartment will suffice as well. Finding suitable containers for your plants should be your first task, and you don't have to limit yourself to simple terra cotta pots. Saucepans, buckets, anything will do — just make sure you include drainage holes in your containers. You can just stick the ugly plastic pots your plants come in into the container of your choice (just be sure to clean out the outer container once in awhile). Keep the sizes of the containers you choose in mind when you start to purchase your plants, though — smaller pots retain less water, so thirstier plants will need sufficient space to thrive. Low maintenance is key when choosing plants for your apartment garden. Cacti are a great choice for beginners — they can survive harsh environments, and they don't require much watering or upkeep. Bonsai trees are good for indoor gardening as well, but the plants can be a bit more pricey than other options. Brome-
liad flowers are another attractive, low-maintenance option, as are spider plants. Many herbs can be grown indoors (you can keep 'em right in the kitchen). Oregano, parsley, thyme, catnip and many others are excellent options, and you literally get to reap the benefits! Speaking of catnip, many of us have furry friends we need to keep in mind when planning an indoor garden. Many plants are toxic to cats and dogs, so avoid geraniums, eucalyptus, aloe vera and tomatoes if you want to keep Fluffy healthy. There's a huge list of other plants that can be harmful to your four-legged friends, so be sure to check first before buying a plant you might later regret. If you're really ambitious, indoor grow light systems are a great way to keep more temperamental plants healthy. Or you could try your hand at aquatic plants: eelgrass, water lettuce and water ferns are good for beginners, and they make a beautiful addition to any decorating scheme. Our friends down at Bluffland Bloom and Brew can get you started with these indoor gardening options. Whether you've been blessed with a green thumb or not, apartment gardening is a fun and relatively easy hobby to start. And when the green starts to fade and Wisconsin is once again plunged into a winter wonderland, you'll be ever so thankful for the company of your chloroplastastic friends. — Emily Faeth
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By Ben Clark
benjamin.clark@secondsupper.com Top o’ the mornin’ to ya, kiddies! Summer is finally upon us, and as the bitter memories of winter slowly subside, we make way for a new growing season. With the rising costs for produce in your local grocery store, it’s becoming more and more practical to start growing your very own produce, right in your backyard! But what if you have no idea on what makes plants grow and simply believe that special gnomes and other mystical creatures spread their magical growth elixir upon the seed to sprout as majestic, green shrines to the plant goddess? Well, worry not, because today we’re going to talk about all the little goodies every plant needs and loves. We’ll start off with the most common thing everyone knows their special green friend needs: water. A plant’s use of water isn’t to simply keep from drying out and turning into a pile of brown powder where “Audrey 2” used to sit, ready to eat flies. In fact, water is used in a variety of ways in our green companions. First off, water is used as a means of transport within the plant itself as means of moving minerals, nutrients and sugars to all of the parts in the plant through a complex system of transport vessels. Secondly, water is used as a solvent to carry out chemical reactions that need to occur throughout the plant, namely the act of photosynthesis. When the energy of the sun is used to break down the glucose found in the stored starch of the plant, water provides a handy oxygen atom for the plant to use to finish up the process of making energy for the plant. Thirdly, water is used to help the plant maintain its shape, starting at the cellular level. When water levels are maintained at just the right level (not too much, not too little) the cells in the plant will maintain their proper shape, and will help the plant to look nice and healthy. If there’s too much water present in the plant, the cells will actually burst trying to balance out the levels between water levels for the outside of the cell and water levels for the inside of the cell. Consequently, if there is too little water for the plant, the cells will shrivel up and die. Next up on our journey for the delightful
nuggets our fine leaved friends know and love, nitrogen! Nitrogen is by far the most common element found in plants. The reason for this is in how the plant uses nitrogen to keep itself alive. First off, a plant will use nitrate (NO3) to produce proteins for new enzymes. The plant takes the nitrogen atom from the nitrate or the ammonium to form amino acids, which in turn are used to make up new proteins and nucleic acids (my apologies, Nate). Plants that are lacking nitrogen will start to show yellowing in the older leaves as chloroplasts are broken down for their nitrogen atoms. Despite the abundance of nitrogen in the air, plants are unable to break down the N2 that makes up the majority of the air that we breathe. For them to make any use of the nitrogen found in the air, they have to rely on bacteria that are able to take the N2 from the air and convert it into more “plant-friendly” forms of nitrogen in a process in which ammonium (NH4) is broken into nitrite (NO2), and then further broken down into nitrate (NO3) For healthy plants, be sure to get soil that contain high-levels of nitrogen-fixing bacteria to help speed up this process of nitrogen fixation. Wasn’t that fun kids? Well, our journey isn’t quite finished yet…we’ve got another element on our hands to deal with…potassium! Potassium is yet another element that is grabbed from the soil through a plant’s extensive root system. The only form of potassium that can be used by the plant is a potassium ion (K+).This form, known as an exchangeable form of potassium, is used to help regulate processes for photosynthesis, create the sugars, starches, proteins and enzymes used by the plant for various processes and help better regulate the water level taken in by the plant cells. This is done by regulating the balance of different ions that remain inside the plant cells versus outside the plant cell. The more potassium present in the plant, the more likely that the water levels with the cells will remain healthy and stable. In addition to making sure that the cells remain healthy and stable potassium also aids in the metabolism process of plants, as well as helping to create new proteins and enzymes. To make sure your plant stays healthy, be sure to use soil rich in potassium chloride (PO4Cl) to ensure an adequate supply of potassium. Well kiddies, that’s going to do it for our journey into all of those nice little yum-yums that your friendly house plant needs. I hope this guide will lead you to the right soil/fertilizer you’ll need to get to get your plants to their healthiest, greenest potential. And remember, everybody can get a green thumb with just a little practice and information. Have fun!
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By Maria Pint
maria.pint@secondsupper.com Sex and the City is possibly one of the greatest shows of all time. I love it with my whole heart and I don’t care what you think about it, I know it’s fabulous. I think I love it so much because I relate well to the main character Carrie, played by the lovable Sarah Jessica Parker, because not only does she write a column but she’s funny, has good style and is super cute. Duh. When I first heard, maybe half a year ago, that there was going to be a Sex and the City movie, I just about shit a brick, or the Great Wall of China or something. I have the box set of all six seasons, best graduation money ever spent if you ask me, and when the movie comes out I will buy that too. I knew I would buy the movie the moment I heard they were even making one, but after seeing it twice I know for sure it’ll be a good buy. I saw it with Debbie Downer, whose hometown is only about a half-hour away from mine, at midnight the night it came out and the experience delivered like Domino’s! Then I saw it the very next night, or I guess you could say the very same day, with my hometown friends. The second time was even better than the first! Seeing the movie at midnight with Debbie was a lot of fun though, especially since Debbie Downer hung out with all cheerleaders in high school so I saw it with a bunch of dumb blondes; score! At first I thought it would be a little annoying to be around such people, but then I realized that I could sit there and silently mock them the whole time. I had several noteworthy encounters that I will now share with you… First of all, we were sitting in the theater for like half an hour before it started when someone on Debbie’s cheerleading squad in high school came over to chat. She was asking Debbie all about her summer and what she was doing for school and whatnot when Debbie told her she would be studying abroad in Scotland for all year next year. In response,
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Dumb Cheerleader #1 said, “Oh, are you Irish?” I, again, just about shit a brick because it was so hard to keep the laughter inside. Next, the movie had begun and I was all into the plot and the characters that I know and love when I heard sobs coming from my right. I looked over and I saw one of the girls we came with in tears, which is to be expected at that sort of movie. I cried myself at one point, but Dumb Cheerleader #2 was crying at a part of the movie that didn’t really warrant any tears. So we get out of the theater at the end of the movie and we’re all talking about how freaking awesome it was and how much we loved it when I remembered that Dumb Cheerleader #2 was emotionally distraught during part of it. So I asked her why and she said, “Because Sam gained ten pounds at that part of the movie and she just looked chunky.That’s what I loved about Sam: her rockin’ body!” I referred her to an eating disorder expert at that point in time because I was a little concerned. By far my favorite part in the night though was our ride home at 3 a.m. Dumb Cheerleader #4 had driven us and she was racing through the streets of Debbie’s hometown when Debbie suggested she slow down because there were always cops there; she said “yeah” and literally stomped on the accelerator. It was rather fitting though because it was Daddy’s car, and her Mommy had bought her a Louis Vuitton purse that she was carrying that night and she was a horrible driver; I thought I was going to die. If that’s not a stereotype in the living flesh, I don’t know what is. Oh, so then we were almost at Downer’s house when Dumb Cheerleader #4 (our chauffeur from hell) and Dumb Cheerleader #2 got into a discussion about Gwen Stefani. Now I get obsessed over stars just like any other girl, but these two took it to the extreme. One of them said she had to choose between her high school graduation and the 2007 Gwen Stefani tour and the other one said she totally understood. Then one of them said that she knew someone who was in, like, the tenth row and it rocked, like totally. The best part of the conversation, though, was near the end when Dumb Cheerleader #2 said her sister shoved her way to the front row and “Gwen Stefani, like for real, touched her hand!” To which Dumb Cheerleader #4 responded with a perfect, “OH…MY…GOD!” Again, it was hard for me to keep the giggles inside; I know I say “OMG” a lot but in all honesty, it’s only in mockery of dumb cheerleaders like this. Before I forget, some of you may have noticed that I told you about Dumb Cheerleader numbers one and two and then skipped to number four. I didn’t forget number three when I was typing this up. She was there; she just didn’t do anything interesting. She just sat there and sipped on her Diet Coke and nodded a lot, just the way I like my dumb cheerleaders.
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A Brief Q&A with Frozen Tundra Frozen Tundra (Mr Pizzy, Wordsmith, M Dubbs, Knowda Fame, Omega Supreme the Supercracker!), is a hip-hop group from Eau Claire. They've been put through the ranks and have become regulars in the Chippewa Valley hip-hop scene. This Saturday is their record release show for their new album, "The Kingpens." Show starts at 8 p.m. at Bluffland Bloom and Brew, 119 4th St.. Check 'em out on MySpace. It's all ages, so bring the little bro too!
SS: You guys have performed with the likes of POS, the Roots, Afroman, Jurassic 5 and ICP. With ICP, were you guys left soaked and sticky with Faygo? FT: No! Ha ha, It's not as advertised! SS: When you guys write, is it collectively, as a group?
of all time underneath his wing and he let that go to hell just because he wanted to use his business to further his "gangsta" carrer when why do that when you could make money doing the business and just be straight? (Round of applause in the backround: agreed upon collective answer.) Suddenly! They asked me a question!
SS: Hip-hop or Rap? Wordsmith: Hip-hop, hip-hop and r&b. Its not a hardcore thing for us, more like an MC'n thing SS: What tape or album was it that put the profession of being a rapper up there with firefighters, astronauts, doctors and professional wrestlers? M Dubbs: Notorious B.I.G., Ready to Die Mr Pizzy: Nas Illmatic, THE GREATEST HIP HOP ALBUM OF ALL TIME! Knowda Fame: De La Soul, all albums, all of it! Omega Supreme: Nas, Illmatic
FT: It's mostly been an independent thing for us. There's also been times when someone has a song started and then we'll play off what someone else has started and take it independently and come back and build it that way too. We'll put our heads together as a collective to come up with a concept and idea for a song, to actually physically doing the writing itself we usually do it in our own space because all of us are are on a different schedule with work and... yeah. SS: A few thoughts on Suge Knight, greatly misunderstood or bad guy? Mr Pizzy: Suge Knight, he's just a, in my eyes, a straight up bad guy, definitely not misunderstood. He puts himself in the situations that he gets in. I mean, it's all because of poor choices on his own part. He had the greatest rapper
FT: Now a question for you! Jessie Spano, Lisa Turtle or Kelly Kapowski, which one would you take? SS: Uh, I don't know who any of those people are. FT: The black one, the girl who grew up to be uh, Showgirls and the hot one who was in high school who was the main character's girlfriend SS: Don't know... I'd take that Chili from TLC I guess. They then confessed to tearing up the TLC's "Waterfalls" on the local karoke scene lately. So come on down this Saturday for an all-ages hip-hop show featuring the Frozen Tundra, with the Hives Inquiry Squad and That 1 Guy.
Wordsmith: Slim Shady E.P.
Q&A with Jackyl Jackyl plays the 26th annual Claim to Fame motorcycle rally in Geneva, Minn., on Friday, June 13.
By Brett Emerson
brett.emerson@secondsupper.com Jesse James Dupree is to rock and roll what Leatherface is to Texas Chainsaw Massacres. The frontman of Jackyl set a few minutes aside to talk about the band’s high points, its controversies, his solo album, and yes, the chainsaw. Second Supper: How is Jackyl of 2008 different from Jackyl of 1990? Jesse James Dupree: If Jackyl’s different in any way, it’s that we’ve become more lethal. The band’s still the equivalent of a man shot out of a cannon. The shows have gotten bigger and crazier. People bust their ass for 40 or more hours a week, and when it comes time to jam they wanna do it loud and proud, hard and honest, and they go to get it from Jackyl. SS: You’re developing a solo career directly alongside your work in Jackyl, as well as running your own multimedia business, Mighty Loud. How difficult is it for you to balance everything? JJD: In this day and time, it’s become commonplace for artists to multitask. I’ve always done it, but I never really discussed it or acknowledged it.When the first album came out, people were slamming Aerosmith for doing a GAP commercial. Now people are doing car commercials; it’s more accepted like it is in Europe. The companies that I work with have always been syner-
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getic and music-driven, like Zippo Lighters and Crunk Energy Drink, tying in with cool music and cool events. I’ve always done different things on the side. We all get out, but when we come together, there’s no force like the four of us on stage together. SS: Have you always done rock festivals? JJD: We’ve been at Sturgis for the last 10 years at the Full Throttle Saloon. It gets out of control. That’s a staple for us, every single year. We’ve always done the rock festivals, but whether it be a festival or a thousand-feet venue, every gig’s Madison Square Garden for us. We leave as big a stain on every single venue we play. SS: Early in your career, K-Mart refused to sell your album, prompting Jackyl to play a surprise show at the Marietta, Georgia store. Did KMart ever give a reason why they didn’t want to sell your album, and has this ever happened again? JJD: When the first album came out, it was a big issue as to whether or not you were going to censor your records. We were one of the first bands that made a stink about it. K-Mart wasn’t going to carry the record, so we went and played for the K-Mart shoppers, pulled a tractor trailer rig up on a Father’s Day sidewalk sale and started jamming. Of course, I went to jail! But nothing like this has happened since then. SS: The release of the post-9/11 song “Open
Invitation” so quickly after that event must have been a risky and polarizing move. Almost seven years later, how do you look back on the song, and the public reaction to it? JJD: We never released that song commercially. We never made any money on it. We were in a string of concerts and in the studio recording an album when the events of 9/11 went down. Like the rest of the country, it took a bit of adjustment to pick the pieces up and move forward. So we laid that song down as a way to vent and pick things up back in the studio. Of course, we had death threats from people. Whether these were legitimate or from serious supporters of that event, I don’t know, but it was a crazy couple of months. That song was the only song that has charted on the radio charts that was not released as an official single. The fans of that song still remember it. SS: In 2003, you showed up on Tom Green’s talk show and took your chainsaw to his desk. He acted furious for the rest of the segment, berating you. Considering his old brand of shock humor, do you think that this was a scam, or was there real animosity? How did it work out? JJD: Oh, he was definitely upset. It was a surprise to me; I thought that he would be used to having that kind of crazy stuff and that he would appreciate the effort and energy. I figured that if I didn’t go in there and screw with him, he would screw with me. So I went in there and took the bull by the horns, and yeah, he got upset, and we had to buy him another desk. But it was what it was! SS: Do you feel that Southern Rock is regaining
its foothold on rock as a whole? JJD: People always say that they’re looking for the next great Southern Rock thing to come out. The fact that Lynyrd Skynyrd can still tour and do the numbers they do is a testament to that genre of music. It’s amazing and inspiring that we can do the same. Southern Rock has probably the purest and most sincere bands out there. I don’t know who the next young Lynyrd Skynyrd is; Ronnie wrote some songs that will probably be unequaled. But I’m glad to represent the South, and I’m glad that people recognize and acknowledge that we’re a Southern Rock band. SS: What’s in your future, musically or otherwise? JJD: There are no boundaries. I wake up every single day and take as big of a bite out of life’s ass as I can. We’ve got an incredible year lined up, a lot of great festivals and shows, and no intentions of slowing down. The solo record comes out July 15. The first single, “Rev It Up and Go-Go” is already at #55 on the radio charts, two weeks early.The back half of the record is going to surprise everybody. I’m proud of it, and I think everybody will be too. SS: Will you always keep a chainsaw as part of the show? JJD: Just as much as we will drums and guitar and bass! It’s the ultimate rock and roll instrument – it’s wild, it’s aggressive, it’s abrasive, it’s spanky, every single thing that rock is supposed to be. Like Alice Cooper said the other night, if you back up and think about it, it’s the weapon of choice.
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Stone Temple Pilots in St. Paul
By Nick Koegl
nick.koegle@secondsupper.com Being a huge Stone Temple Pilots fan since my awkward teen years, (I beat most of my friends to a hairy chest, then it kept getting hairier and so on….) I had great expectations for this Friday night show. I figured this was my last chance to see the band since lead singer Scott Weiland is always on the verge of overdosing or going to jail for his pesky heroin habit.That aside, I was really looking forward to this show. The venue, Roy Wilkins Auditorium, is a great venue for seeing a show you like. It is a smoky, old and a fairly small place that doesn’t have a bad seat in the house. We were on the general admission floor and the stage was ten feet away tops. The anticipation was killing me as the crew took their sweet time setting up the stage after the opener, Ashes Divide, finished up. They were OK, nothing special. They have some song on the radio that we all know, but I don’t care to remember it. After that hour-long lay off, the show finally started. This was an incredible show for me. Scotty is a great showman, and he looks fairly well for a rail thin, grunge-era rock star. The rest of the original band was reunited for this tour, including guitarist brothers Robert and Dean DeLeo, and Eric Kretz on drums. I’m glad they buried the hatchet that broke them up originally and decided to make one final rush at greatness. The guys started out hard with my personal favorite song, “Big Empty” from the legendary Purple album, which also made an appearance on The Crow soundtrack. That powerful start got everyone in the audience singing along right off the bat. It also helps that Weiland is an incredible showman. He doesn’t say much that makes sense, but his Iggy Pop inspired gyrations and his constant penchant for feeling himself up make for an interesting spectacle that really contributes to the overall show. He also wears many different hats - quite literally:
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fedoras, sombreros, the list goes on. He even brought a Mexican poncho to start the show with. My guess is he is cold most of the time due to his thin appearance. The band sounded great, they really did. Almost every hit song was covered from all six of their albums. “Wicked Garden,” “Sex Type Thing,” “Plush” and “Creep” came off their multi-platinum debut album, Core. The Purple album showcased “Vasoline,” “Interstate Love Song” and even “Lounge Fly.” (It was the MTV News end-of-the-hour update theme, in case you get asked that in some bar trivia contest sometime. You’re welcome, and if you win any money, remember karma…). The lesser two middle albums, Tiny Music, etc… and Number Four, still represented with “Big Bang Baby,” “Lady Picture Show,” buzz ballad “Sour Girl” and “Down.” I was surprised that they played Shangri La Dee Da’s “Too Cool Queenie,” a great song about how much of a bitch Courtney Love is. I was very slightly disappointed that the show was on the short side, clocking in at less than two hours. We were treated with an encore of “Dead and Bloated,” and the show closed with “Trippin’ on a Hole in a Paper Heart.” Sadly, that was the end. The show was very technically sound, all instruments were balanced greatly. Solos were crisp, vocals both high and low were all there, and Weiland clearly still has a beautiful voice. He sounds just like he did during his '90s prime. I’m glad that his lifestyle hasn’t destroyed that.The band seemed to gel together and even bonded playfully.Weiland insisted drummer Kretz wore his spare feathered boa during one of the songs, eliciting a chuckle from the whole crowd. I consider myself fortunate to have caught the band before my ears go out and rock music scares me. It is only a few times during one’s life you get to reexperience your favorite band, and I was lucky to have been there.
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By Briana Rupel
briana.rupel@secondsupper.com If you're like most La Crosse residents, this winter was especially taxing. The bitter cold, the relentless snow and those heavy gray days had you aching for the relief that summer would bring (unless you're a die-hard snowmobiler and native of The Northwoods, where you pull on your Polaris coat as soon as the temperature drops to 50 degrees). I myself am a fan of the outdoor opportunities that summer brings: camping on the sandbars, hiking through the luscious greenery of Hixon Forest and even (gulp) taking a dip in the Mississippi. However, my favorite season usually starts in May and runs through October: That's right, farmers' market season is here! American farmers’ markets date back to the 1600s and were modeled after those held in Europe. Colonists would ride their horses into town, pulling in their wagon behind them loads of fresh produce to sell. Usually these markets were held twice a week and were kicked off with the ringing of bells. These days, the ringing of bells has become obsolete, but one thing hasn't changed: You can always count on loads of fresh produce. On a recent Friday evening, I strolled down to my most frequented market, Cameron Park Farmers' Market, with the intent of picking up a few fresh ingredients for that night's dinner. However, this was not going to be like my typical zig-zag through the aisles of the grocery store. In place of waxy vegetables that have been tainted by pesticides and shipped from California, mine would be hauled fresh from Stoddard, chillin' in the back of a truck
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whose bumper sticker says "Buy locally grown — know your farmers." Instead of the din of Muzak assaulting my ears, melodies from a local string band would float through my head. And instead of only being able to choose from a selection of the basics, I would come across something completely different. Like nettles. Huh? On walks through the woods growing up, my grandpa would always warn us kids not to touch "the burning nettles." I knew what they looked like, what they did to your skin, and I knew to stay away. Now here they were, those scary plants from the woods, bundled up and resting on a table, ready to be taken home by someone and...consumed? "Can you really eat these?" I asked Jerry Niedfeldt from Old Oak Family Farm, who had the nettles for sale. "Oh yeah!" he replied with enthusiasm. "You cook 'em just like you would spinach." When I explained to Jerry my disbelief, having always heard about their itchy quality, he explained. "Yeah that's true," he began. "You just have to handle them very carefully. It's the underside of the plant that'll irritate your skin." Though I passed on the nettles that day, I made a note to tell Gramps. Continuing on my walk along the vendors' booths, I passed early-season produce like chives, basil, rhubarb and tomato plants. This particular market, like many, has so much more to offer besides produce, though, and that's what makes it that much more enjoyable. One table advertised cookbooks for sale with a sign that said "30% off cookbooks: smart, funny, and (ironically timely) flood damaged." Dane Gon-
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Nestled among the winding roads of Vernon County's lower Chaseburg, sits The Hideaway, a cozy bar with a large local beer selection and an even larger food menu. What they don't usually have is a mosaic of dried mud surrounding the building, but on Tuesday evening patrons got a taste of the flood aftermath along with their pizza. Jack Wuolle, who has owned The Hideaway for five years, knew the incessant rain was going to pose a problem by Sunday morning. By 3 p.m. that day, the bar was completely surrounded by a lake of muddy water. Wuolle says the recent flood is the second worst his bar has endured. "We usually miss the floods," he began, "but this time the water came right up to the bar — two feet less than it did last August." The devastation caused by last year's flooding prompted Wuolle at the time to move a lot out of the basement, in the event a flood would happen again. Still, this past weekend's torrential rain took its toll on the basement. "The furnaces, hot water heaters, the beer coolers," he listed, shaking his head. "They're all junk." Wuolle approximates the flood will end up costing him $5,000 in damages — not including all the labor that comes with cleaning up. "We're going to have to pull all of the wood and insulation down and rebuild the whole (beer) cooler," he said. "Everything needs to be scrubbed and sanitized...It's a big setback." Wuolle isn't letting the flood set him back too far, however. Though the bar couldn't legally — or feasibly — be open for business
that Sunday, Wuolle opened the doors to his loyal customers the very next day. Due to the damaged beer cooler and loss of hot water, The Hideaway can't serve any of their taps, and their food menu has been temporarily downsized because they have no way to wash their dishes. Still, business has been good. The regulars and — surprising to Wuolle — new groups of people continue to come in for bottled beer, pizza and the company of friends. Wuolle estimates that, after he buys and installs his new water heater and furnaces— which he's considering now keeping upstairs— The Hideaway will be back to its old self by the end of next week, with the full menu being offered by the time Second Supper goes to press.When asked if there were any other precautions he'd consider, Wuolle didn't hesitate. "Move," he said half jokingly. "Move to higher ground." — Briana Rupel
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Reviews - your guide to consumption
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (1884) By Edwin A. Abbott
Organic Revolution New Glarus Brewing Company New Glarus, Wisconsin I drank this beer at three in the afternoon over a lunch of vegetarian burritos whose ingredients had been purchased that morning at the Bridgeview Plaza farmers' market. It tasted pretty close to perfect. Wisconsin is a national leader in the organics movement, and it only felt right for one of the most-Wisconsin of breweries to celebrate that with an ale concocted solely of organic ingredients. I thought this beer tasted great because of the lettuce and the sunshine all around me. Perhaps — but when I later sat down to write this review, I wondered if the taste could be attributed to recently brushing my teeth! Appearance: 9.5 O r ganic Revolution Aroma: 7 is a blonde ale, and it pours the Taste: 5 kind of golden color you rarely Mouthfeel: 4 see outside of a beer commerDrinkability: 6 cial. It’s especially enticing topped by two inches Total: 31.5 of foamy head,
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but that dissolved quickly into a slight film. At first I was nonplussed by the aroma, a scent most often found hovering above a plastic cup of keg beer. But as the ale warmed it began it began to reveal a more complex bouquet of cloves, cinnamon and a touch of banana. The first sip was hoppy and refreshing. I was hoping I had found my great new beer for summer, but its taste quickly soured on the way down the throat. The Organic Revolution finishes limp, and a coppery aftertaste sticks around much longer than appreciated. Despite its beautiful ingredients and crisp beginnings, this ale left me thinking that I had just drank a light lager. Still, it’s worth a purchase, but drink this one in the sunshine. If gulped after a few hours of hoeing the potato patch, I doubt anything could taste better. — Adam Bissen
As my oblong digits peeled through these flat pages, an urge arose, and never really went away, to describe the singular ideas of this story as a geometric precursor to Animal Farm. Though Flatland was intended to be a satire of Victorian life, not Marxist Russians, in many ways the two share striking comparisons: depressing social structures, omnipresent dictates, forward thinkers who come to ruin by coloring (ahem) outside the lines (ahem). But the pigs and chop-sueyed horses in Orwell’s Kidz Bop masterpiece have the advantage in being three dimensional. Abbott’s doomsayer is a square, tellingly named A. Square.What’s next, a comic book villain named Mister Sinister? Oh, wait. Damn you, Marvel Comics! Don’t be fooled! The realm of Flatland is no pleasure paradise, inhabited with Superbad Dr. Strangelove dongs or Napoleonesque ligers. No, this world is all perfect angles, with the exception of the pointy isosceles triangle slaves, and the lethal and subdued line women. Crap! Nope, we get a world of angle envy, with one’s worth determined arbitrarily on a spectrum ranging from female lines to Brahmin circles. This rigid hierarchy isn’t as racist as it is aristocratic, though it’s small comfort that one’s descendents will have more angles (squares spawn pentagons and so on). A. Square’s museum tour of Flatland portrays him as a rather passive bystander to the status quo. Even after all the transcendental and bad things happen, he never quite shakes his lot as the toady. So out of nowhere, Mr. Square undertakes a series of metaphysical adventures, first in the world of 1-D Lineland, where he baffles the shit out of its King of Cartoons. Next, a Holy Ghost millennial sphere pulls Square out of his humdrum and slaps some red/blue shades on the little bureaucrat. And like a pre-teen on Ecstasy, Square flies into missionary zeal, determined to not only spread the 3-D gospel but to move into the fourth dimension, and the fifth, and so on. Needless to say, the captains of paper-thin industry do not share his enthusiasm. Though this book doesn’t require a vast knowledge of geometry to be accessible, this book will nonetheless appeal first and foremost to angle fiends. Past all the math talk, however, the messages in this story are just as telling, and just as dangerous, as anything Orwell could have thought up. Even if one skips through the technical descriptions, the message won’t send you away empty-handed. – Brett Emerson
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I'm Jonesin' for a crossword Answers to Issue 118's "Hard Body"
"Repeat After Me" -- I solmenly swear that's how it works By Matt Jones Across 1 T, in Morse code 5 Big differences 9 “Speed Racer” star Hirsch 14 Number learned on “Sesame Street” 15 Sans opposite 16 Try out the auction again 17 Purple stuff in a can 19 Campbell banned from British Airways in April 2008 20 Feline section of the animal hospital? 22 Stefani with the clothing line L.A.M.B. 23 Body part that may be “on the line” 24 Decade divs. 25 “How did ___ that happen?” 27 ___ tai 28 Fizzle 32 Mozart’s “___ Concerto in C major” 35 Vientiane’s country
lyric) 63 Like most churches 64 Bruce convicted in a 1964 obscenity trial 65 They may bind 66 ___-chic (women’s fashion style) 67 It runs around a building 68 Comes to a halt 69 Extremely fussy
37 Final decision 38 Crap 39 Allow to attack 41 Word after church or opera 42 “Your lights ___” 44 Went up
45 Dollar rival 46 “I object” 48 Partner of “neither” 50 Waffle brand 51 Train stop: abbr. 52 Peabody Award
winner Rather 55 “Aw, crud” 57 Do nothing more than be dependent? 61 “She sees the bartender in ___ of blood” (Bob Dylan
Down 1 Movie where Alanis Morissette plays God 2 Farm measurements 3 George Bernard and others 4 Kachina doll maker 5 Cooker with a propane tank 6 Declares openly 7 Prefix before cab or cure 8 Read a UPC 9 Directional ending 10 Insufficient older person? 11 Awe-filled comment
12 Cuba libre garnish 13 Lute player Karamazov who collaborated on Sting’s “Songs From the Labyrinth” 18 “Orinoco Flow” singer 21 “Beat it, punk!” 26 “___ Miserables” 27 Large ape found in Vietnam? 28 “The Gift of Asher Lev” novelist Chaim 29 Those things: Sp. 30 Part of GUI 31 Matador’s foe 32 California town home to the Six Million Dollar Man 33 Reynolds of “Boogie Nights” 34 “Hang on...” 36 Prefix before dynamic 40 Lacking a canopy 43 Egg ___ 47 “Arcadia” playwright Stoppard 49 Blackish form of quartz 51 Class full of jokes
MARKET, from page 13 zales, of downtown's Bluffland Bloom & Brew, played chess with passersbys in between stirring the cauldron of beer he was brewing. Colorful beeswax candles stood tall on their table, a would-be perfect complement to a cozy dinner for two (or six). Beautiful hanging baskets, full of blooming pink and purple pansies littered the grass. An abundance of handmade jewelry delicately lay out for sale as well, including something new to me: sea glass jewelry. Nancy Tanke, a retired teacher, sells earrings, necklaces and anklets that she has handcrafted using pieces of weathered glass she finds washed up on sea shores. Nancy recalled first seeing a sea glass necklace for sale, which prompted her to consider her own extensive collection. "It was gorgeous," she began, "but it was 80 dollars! I thought, 'well, I could do that!'" Nancy has traveled to over 40 islands and takes delight in finding pieces of the same color and size to make a pair of earrings that match. Luckily, Nancy's jewelry, which she named Ocean Treasures, sells for a reasonable $10 to $20 dollars. Definitely much more affordable than $80 for this
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reporter. Of course, I'll still have to make the occasional run to the grocery store every once in a while during my favorite season. (Unless someone decides to bring their cow down to the park and let me fill a jug with her milk...) But I rest a lot easier knowing that what I buy at the Cameron Park Market is supporting my neighbors and is good for my health. As I made my way to the corner of 4th and Jay to head home that evening, I was struck by a bunch of vibrant yellow tulips, freshly cut and bathing in a bucket. I was contemplating whether or not to drop the $5 on a treat for myself when the owner of the tulips ran up to me. "Look at these flowers," he said, with more excitement in his voice than a small child picking out ice cream at The Pearl. "Aren't they perfect?!" He gestured at the flawless petals, the inky stain in the inside of the flower that formed a perfect star. "Just smell them!" He urged, and I complied. I was sold. I walked home a bit happier that day, feeling that farmers' market season was already curing the ailment winter had brought. I'll be back this Friday for more flowers. And this time, some nettles as well.
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Film Reviews The Machine Girl (2008) Director: Noboru Iguchi Cast: Minase Yashiro, Asami,Yuya Ishikawa Writer: Noboru Iguchi By Nicholas Cabreza
nicholas.cabreza@secondsupper.com Marketed with a trailer that contains more bloodshed than every Rambo movie combined, the "Tokyo Shock Original" The Machine Girl takes arterial-spray violence to absurd new levels. Everything about TMG suggests it's a self-parodying type of flick, a thin excuse for apocalyptic amounts of blood. Its goal: embrace the stereotype of the Japanese portrayal of violence on-screen, a portrayal that makes Arnold Schwarzenegger films look like The Sound of Music. By including ten times as much gore as its contemporaries, TMG delivers the bloody goods, but at the expense of repetitiveness that damn near induces boredom. This movie has more vomit-inducing violence than an instructional video for working at a slaughterhouse, and about as much plot as does a bowl of cornflakes. The heroine, Ami (Minase Yashiro), seeks revenge on the yakuza family that killed her family and left her left-arm-less. The only logical thing to do with a severed limb: attach a machine gun to the stump. Equipped for revenge, Ami embarks on a killing spree that at every turn has her performing over-the-top
acts of violence, all of which become exhaustive and repetitive by the final showdown. Such a surfeit of violence is so far-fetched that the overall effect reaches beyond gruesome, beyond comical, and winds up back at gruesome again —a simple paper cut might lead to gallons of blood spraying forth like a geyser. Film geeks will be quick to point out the countless nods to the cult film canon, and, admittedly, it's kind of hard not to — TMG feels like a compilation of cult film homages. This straight-to-video splatter-fest won't tickle the fancy of anyone outside the loyal American fan base. Tokyo Shock, not unlike Lifetime Movie Network, knows its demographic and delivers accordingly. Unfortunately, also not unlike Lifetime movies, TMG — capable of earning a name for itself within the genre — simply isn't that good a film in general.
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Cult Classics Mystery Science Theater 3000: Time Chasers (1997) Directed by: David Giancola Starring: Matthew Bruch, George Woodard Written by: David Giancola By Brett Emerson
brett.emerson@secondsupper.com Since my discovery of Comedy Central in the early '90s, the channel has reigned as my alltime favorite. In those early days, I would get up early before school (HOW?!) and watch all the crappy, pre-South Park programming: Stand UpStand Up, Almost Live (birthplace of Bill Nye the Science Guy), and the kings of the channel, Kids in the Hall. Among these fine programs drifted the Midwest’s own Mystery Science Theater 3000, a show that was too long and far too obscure for my 13-year-old boy cursor to appreciate. So I ignored it, changed the channel. And it went away, until last year, when a certain in-house minister of the Universal Life Church showed up at my apartment, bearing the greatest volume of MST3K episodes of all.Volume 5. After we watched Time Chasers, I had found my faith — and kept the box set. David Giancola is high on the list of shitty directors; outside of Time Chasers he is best known for Anna Nicole Smith’s swan song, Ille-
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gal Aliens — a movie so psychotic that it could be accurately described as cranial sodomy.Time Chasers is at least coherent, though still fantastically ridiculous. The premise is simple enough — a loser professor with a sweet mullet and a dinner roll for a chin creates a time-traveling biplane, which is apparently powered by an Apple IIGS and a floppy disc of Oregon Trail. Dummy sells the Number Munchers technology to Bob Evil, and must save all time while hitting on Toni Tennille’s plaid doppelganger in the produce section (and the '50s!). I think that this movie is a ripoff of the MacGyver episode where Mac goes back to the Middle Ages and gives Merlin his Swiss Army Knife. Appropriately, this movie teaches us that the one true answer to “What would MacGyver do?” is, in fact, “Get canceled.” While it is possible to watch this movie in its original form, Mike Nelson and his bastard robots provide one of Mystery Science Theater’s greatest commentaries here. Once a person watches this version, the damage is irreversible. So don’t fight it — put on a Castleton University shirt, go buy MST3K: Volume 5, and behold one of the greatest piles of crap there ever was. Then watch A Touch of Satan, and prepare for next week’s discussion.
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Harmony, from page 6 connected to your food is such a blessing.” Owing a debt to Gundersen’s Whole Trees Architecture — which constructs homes out of unmilled small-diameter trees instead of energyconsuming planks or steel — Driftless Farm aims to be as sustainable as possible. It runs solely on water and solar power, and the two onsite Whole Tree homes and greenhouse are insulated by straw and heated largely through passive solar energy. The land had never been farmed prior to the CSA (although they did find a Native American hoe on the property), but they don’t use gas tractors or even weedwackers while clearing new land for gardens. Instead their white horse Lucy is put into thicket, surrounded by a solar-powered electric fence, and munches the land clean. Gundersen said Driftless Farm succeeds because it follows the natural rhythms of the earth. They can harvest over 35 different kinds of vegetables on just few acres of land because they pay attention to the growing cycle and reap two or three harvests per season. And because all the labor is done by hand, seeds can be planted intensively as farmers don’t have to worry about tractor tires crushing their crops. Three years ago, Baxter said she had trouble selling La Crosse on local food, but it’s become easier now that fuel prices are at record levels and those tomatoes from California are a bit more pricey. They still have that cardboard taste that comes with shipping plants cross-country, which gives Baxter reason to believe community supported agriculture will only grow in the future. “Factory farming has to fail because of the price of fuel — and it’s scary! I’m certainly not in anyway triumphant,” she said. “We’re going to have to go to other models, and many of us have proven that the CSA model works, so I think we’ll just keep picking up.” Back at Driftless Farm, that means picking up rocks from the stream, weeds from the tomato patch, and customers who like the taste of food from their own backyards. It’s a simple philosophy: Why fight nature when you can feast from it?
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BANDIT COUNTY FAIR MUSIC FESTIVAL June 13 - 15 BANDIT COUNTY FAIR HAS BEEN MOVED due to flooding. New location: Gunner's Bar E870 Ghelf Rd. De Soto, WI Just south of Genoa on Hwy 35, same times, same bands, very close to our old venue! Featuring Down Lo, Houses in Motion, Chuff, T.U.G.G., Moon Boot Posse, Stealin' Strings, Shoeless Revolution, Smokin' Bandits, Fat Maw Rooney, Paulie, New Grass Review, Bottom of the Barrel String Band, Porcupine, Ty Don, Stacy Hanson, Earthbound, and more!
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.
GOOSE ISLAND 3 mi. south of La Crosse on Hwy 35 W6488 County Road GI Stoddard, WI 608-788-7018 Open until October 30
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upcoming events OPEN STAGE/MIC
Every Thursday Bluffland Bloom & Brew La Crosse 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. Free and open to all ages ULTIMATE FRISBEE
Every Friday Riverside Park 5 p.m. Pickup game. All skill levels welcome! FIGURE DRAWING
Every Wednesday Bluffland Bloom & Brew La Crosse 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. cost is $3
June 13 La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway Hwy 16 & Cty Rd M West Salem, WI 608-786-1525 www.lacrossespeedway.com Street vehicles drag for 278 feet. Separate lanes, straight line. No helmets required (Motorcycle helmet and leather jacket required) and passengers welcome to ride. Just buckle up and have fun! Everyone welcome to race. Race YOUR vehicle! LA CROSSE LOGGERS GAME
June 13 Copeland Park 608-796-9553 www.lacrosseloggers.com Loggers vs. St. Cloud River Bats 7:05 p.m. Friday night fireworks! NASCAR RACING
June 14 La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway Hwy 16 & Cty Rd M West Salem, WI 608-786-1525 Late Models, Sportsmen, Thunderstox, Kids Penny gold Rush, Plus: Novelty Event JAZZ IN THE PARK June 15 Riverside Park 7:00 p.m. Featuring the Great River Big Band. Rain site is City Brewery Hospitality Center. CONCERT IN THE PARK June 18 Riverside Park 7:30 p.m. With La Crosse Concert Band. Rain site at Logan Middle School.
HEIDER CENTER FOR THE ARTS 405 East Hamlin St. 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 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
VETERANS MEMORIAL 9 mi. east of La Crosse on Hwy 16 N4668 County Road VP West Salem, WI 608 786-4011 Open until October 15 WHISPERING PINES 15 minutes north of La Crosse, on Hwy 53 925 Dana Ln. Holmen, WI 608-526-2152 NESHONOC LAKESIDE CAMP RESORT N5334 Neshonoc Rd. West Salem, WI 608-786-1792 PETTIBONE PARK RESORT 333 Park Plaza Dr. La Crosse, WI 608-782-5858 GREAT RIVER BLUFFS STATE PARK 43605 Kipp Drive Winona, MN 507-643-6849 BEAVER CREEK VALLEY 15954 County 1 Caledonia, MN 507-724-2107
performances THE SOMEWHAT TRUE TALE OF ROBIN HOOD
La Crosse Community Theatre
GREEN BAY STREET STUDIO greenbaystreetstudio.blogspot.com 1500 Green Bay St., La Crosse Hours currently by appointment only.Various workshops, including painting and printmaking, coming this summer, as well as opportunity for full and part-time membership.
118 5th Ave N 608-784-9292 www.lacrossecommunitytheatre.org A frantically funny, Monty Pythonesque retelling of the classic. June 13-15 and 20-21at 7:30 p.m. June 14, 15, 21, and 22 at 1:00 p.m.
ODIN WHITE MOTH GALLERY AND TEA ROOM 715 Logan St., La Crosse 608-769-3963 Hours are Tues: 12-3 pm, Thurs: 4-7 pm, Fri: 12-3, Sat: 10-2. Call for an appointment or more info. Enjoy some tea, art and vintage stuff.
Commonweal Theatre
HARVEY 208 Parkway Avenue North Lanesboro, MN 800-657-7025 www.commonwealtheatre.org Dreams and dreamers figure prominently in this 1940s comedy. Running from May 31-October 25.
art exhibits “WHO IS A CITIZEN? WHAT IS CITIZENSHIP?”
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 works from various artists. PAINTING, POTTERY, PHOTOS, JEWELRY
ongoing Edland Art Gallery (La Crosse) 608-785-2787 HAND-WROUGHT IRON, ALUMINUM, AND PEWTER JEWELRY
ongoing State Street Gallery (La Crosse) 608-782-0101 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. UCHIKAKE: WEDDING KIMONOS
July 24 through August 30 Pump House (La Crosse) Lecture and fashion show July 25 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. A SEASON OF ART
First Saturday of June - Sept. 7203 N. Shore Drive, County Z Brice Prairie, on Lake Onalaska. (Look for the white barn) Enjoy extraordinary shopping at an outdoor art fair. This FREE event is sponsored by the La Crosse Society of Arts & Crafts. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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$1 softshell tacos $1 shots of doctor, cherry doctor
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meatball sandwich sandwich meatball meal: $6.15 $6.69 meal: Chicago dogs meal: 22 dogs meal: $ 5.25 $5.89
Italian beef meal: $6.15 $6.69 Chicago chili dog: $3.45 $3.89
grilled chicken sandwich meal: $5.29 Polish sausage meal: $3.99 $4.49
hamburger meal: or cheeseburger meal: $3.69 $3.89 cheeseburger meal: Italian Beef w/dog $3.89 meal: $7.89
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batterfried cod, fries, beans, and garlic bread $5.50
$4.50 domestic pitchers barrel parties at cost pepper & egg sandwich meal: $4.50, $5.00 fish sandwich meal:meal: $4.99, Italian sausage Italian $6.69 sausage meal: $6.15
Italian beef meal: $6.15 $6.69 2 Chicago dog meal: $3.45 $5.89
$6.75 shrimp dinner
$1.50 bloody marys 11 a.m. - 4 p.m
$3.00 Three Olives mixers/ $3.00 Captain mixers/ mojitos mojitos $2 Cherry $2 CherryBombs Bombs $1 Bazooka Joes $1 Bazooka Joes $3.25 Big Ass Miller Lite
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50 cent taps 4 - 7 (increases 50 cents per hour) $1 rails
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$2 Tuesdays, including $2 bottles, import taps, beer pong, apps, single shot mixers, featured shots, and 50 cent taps
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$2.00 Captain Mixers
Wristband Night $5 COLLEGE I.D. $9 general public
$1 Kul Light cans
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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 dollar domestic beer: $1.50 burgers Mexican beer: $2.00
chicken dollar primavera burgers
shrimp Great food and burrito drinks
chili Happy Hour 4-6 verde $1.75 domestics
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chicken & own veggie Build your fajitas Bloody Mary N3287 CountyCoulee OA 5200 Mormon for two 16oz Mug - $4.00
Homemade Pizza domestic beer: $1.50 & PItcher of $2.00 Beer Mexican beer: $9.00
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chicken $1.25 primavera BURGERS
Homemade Pizza & PItcher of Beer $9.00 $5.99
beer pong 6 p.m. $8.95$1.25 16 oz steak
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Fiesta Mexicana The Elite 5200 Mormon 412 Main st. Coulee
Fox Hollow Fiesta Mexicana Goal Post Fox Hollow 1904 Campbell rd.
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Build your own Bloody Mary 16oz Mug - $4.00
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Gracie’s Huck Finn’s 1908Marina Campbell 127 dr. rd.
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HAPPY HOUR EVERYDAY 3 - 6 shrimp
HAPPY HOUR 6HOUR AM - 9 AMEVERYDAY HAPPY free wingsof6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Bucket Domestic
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BURGERS Cans 5 for $9.00 Buy one gyro free baklava, ice HAPPY HOUR 6 AM - 9 AM get one cream or sundae beer pong 6 p.m. free wings - 9 p.m. half price with6 p.m. meal $8.95 16 oz steak
$5.99 gyro fries & soda
EVERYDAY BuyHAPPY one gyroHOURfree baklava, ice3 get one cream or sundae half price with meal
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3-6 HAPPY HOUR 25 Cent Wings 5 p.m. - 10 p.m.
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$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
Dan’s Place
$3.00 Bacardi mixers/ $3.00 Bacardi mixers/ mojitos mojitos $2 Cherry $2 CherryBombs Bombs $1 Bazooka Joes $1 Bazooka Joes $3.25 Big Ass Miller Lite
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$1 all cans happy hour day Packer games: $1.50 Hamm’s Coors Light Silver, $1 Dr. shots, free brats Fiestahappy Night hour 7 - 12 all shots day $2 tequila
hamburger $1.25 hamburger $1.25 cheeseburger $150 cheeseburger $150
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parmesan $2chicken mixers, taps, bottles sub $6 $1.00 OFF YOUR CHOICE OF FOOD
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YOUR ENTRÉE IS FREE! HAPPY HOUR 4 PM - 7 PM $2 mixers, taps, bottles $1.00 OFF CHICKEN HOOP DAY!! MAKE LUNCH BUFFET $6.45 $1.00 OFF YOUR PHILLY, $1.00 OFF YOUR SHOT AND LUNCHCHEESE SPECIALS CHANGE DAILY CHOICE OF FOOD CURDS YOUR ENTRÉE IS FREE!
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$2 Busch SpottedLight Cow & DT Brown pints
Old Style Bucket Night
Night $10, Bucket $2 Bacardi mixers, 5 for $9mixers $1.50 rail vodka 10 -1 5 domestic bottles for $10, $2$1.75 Bacardirails mixers, $1.50$1 railPBR vodka mixers mugs 10 -1
$1.25 Litedomestic taps all day $1.75 $1.50bottles rails 10 - 1
$1.75 domestic $2.25 Pearl st. pints bottles $1.50 PBR bottles 7 - 12
$1 Point special bottles
$2.50 pints Bass & Guinness
$1.75 domestic bottles
$2.25 Pearl st. pints $1.50 PBR bottles
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$2 Rolling Family pack:Rocks $2 domestic beer 10 tacos & 4 sodas for $14.99
8 - CL $1.50 rails $1.75 Bud cans 8 - CL burritos onrails the go: $1.50 buy a bigBud onecans and $1.75 get a free soda
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Monday Monday
2 for 1 burgers 2 for burgers& $1 off 1Bloodys $1Screwdrivers off Bloodys & Screwdrivers
half price appetizers, Import Club Night: half price appetizers, discounts on Night: all Import Club micros & imports discounts on all micros & imports
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$1 martinis $2 $1 mojitos martinis $3 $2 margaritas mojitos & Michelob Golden pitchers $3 margaritas & Michelob Golden pitchers
family buffet 5 -8 kids familyunder buffet105 pay -8 .45 cents per year of age kids under 10 pay .45 cents per year of age
5 for $9
HAPPY HOUR 10 AM - 12, 4 PM - 6 PM 5 domestic bottles for
$2.50 margaritas Fiesta Night 7 - 12 Pointshots special $2$1 tequila bottles $2.50 margaritas
Sunday
$5.00 for $5.00 25 wings for 25 wings
BUCKhot WED burger, dog burger, hot dog or brat or brat
domestic $2$1.75 Spotted Cow & bottlespints DT Brown 7 - 12
$2 Rolling Rocks $2 domestic beer
$3 PINTS OF TOP SHELF MIXERS
HAPPY HOUR 3 - 6 HOUR BUCK 3 - 6WED
HAPPY $1 tacos, Ladies $1 tacos, Ladies Night 2 for 1, Night for 1, 9 -2CL 9 - CL
Bacardi $1.25$2 Lite taps all day $1.50mixers rails 10 - 1
Sunday
AFTER COMEDY: PINT NIGHT $1 PINTS OF RAILS MIXERS AND AFTER COMEDY: PINT NIGHT DOMESTIC $2 MIXERS PINTS OF $1 PINTS OFTAPS RAILS AND CALL MIXERS AND TAPS DOMESTIC TAPS $2 IMPORT PINTS OF $3 PINTS OF TOP SHELF MIXERS CALL MIXERS AND IMPORT TAPS
KARAOKE FLAVORS $1.25 domestic pints KARAOKE Wristband Night $2 double rails pints $1.25 domestic $3 Wristband Night $2 double calls rails $2 bottles $3 ALL double calls $2 ALLfilet, bottles chicken fries, pop: $4.75 cheeseburger, fries, pop: $4 cheeseburger, fries, beer: $4.25 pop: $4 beer:$4.75 $5 chicken fifilet, let, fries, pop: Philly or Reuben, fries, pop: cheeseburger, fries, beer: $4.25 mushroom/swiss, chicken filet, fries,fries, beer:pop: $5 Philly or Reuben, fries, Philly or Reuben, fries, pop: $4.25, mushroom/swiss, fries, $5.75, mushroom/swiss, fries, pop: $5.75,$6 Philly or Reuben, fries, beer: $4.25,$4.50 mushroom/swiss, fries, beer: beer: $6 beer: $4.50
$1.50 PBR bottles $4 domestic $1.50 Dr. shots pitchers after 7 p.m. $1.50 PBR bottles $2.50Dr.pints $1.50 shots Bassafter & Guinness 7 p.m.
Second Supper vol. 8, issue 113 30 Walnut st. 21
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Pizza & Pizza pitcher & pitcher Chef specials daily Mighty Meatball closed closed sub $6
3119 State rd.
$2 SVEDKA WINGMIXERS NIGHT $2.50 JACK MIXERS $2 SVEDKA MIXERS $2.50 $2.25 BUD LIGHTS JACK MIXERS $2 SHOTS ALL DOCTOR $2.25 OF BUD LIGHTS $2 SHOTSFLAVORS OF ALL DOCTOR
$1 taps $1 $1 taps rails rails 1/2 $1 price Tequila
25 wings: $5 25 wings: bucket of $5 beer: $12 bucket Packers of beer:games $12 during during Packers games
breakfast closedbuffet $9.95 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
120 S 3rd st.
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$1.00 off all Irish shots $2.50 pints of Guinness $3.00 imperial pints
Tuesday Wednesday
$1.75 rails $1 PBR mugs
Thursday
$2 SHOTS OF GOLDSCHLAGER $2 SHOTS OF GOLDSLAGER $5 DOUBLE VODKA ENERGY DRINK $5 DOUBLE VODKA ENERGY DRINK $3 Bacardi Mixers $3 Bacardi Mixers jumbo Long Islands $3 jumbo Long Islands fish sandwich, fries, mug fishbeer: sandwich, of $5 fries, mug of beer: $5 fries, pop: fish sandwich, fish sandwich, fries, pop: $4.75 $4.75
AUCE fish fry AUCE DJ 9 fi- sh CLfry DJ 9 - CL
$3 Three Olives mixers $3 Captain mixers $3 $3 jumbo jumboLong Long Islands
Islands
$1.25 pints pintsgames during$1.25 Badgers duringDJ Badgers 9 - CLgames DJ 9 - CL
$5.99 FISH SANDWICH FOR LUNCH, $6.99 FISH SANDWICH FOR DINNER, $9.99 ALL YOU CAN EAT FISH FRY ALL DAY
Chicken salad on rye w/ lettuce, tomato, onion $5
happy hour all day long! $1.00 OFF WILD WINGS, $1.00 PHILLY STEAK AND CHEESE. happy hour
$5.99 FISH SANDWICH FOR LUNCH, $6.99 FISH SANDWICH FOR DINNER, $9.99 ALL YOU CAN EAT FISH FRY ALL DAY
all day long! $1.00 OFF WILD WINGS, $1.00 PHILLY STEAK AND CHEESE.
$1 cans Miller High Life Light $1 cans High Life $1Miller Dr. shots Light $3 16 oz Captain mixers $1 shotsIslands, $2Dr. Long $3 PBR 16 ozbottles, Captain mixers
Captain mixers $2 Long Islands, PBR bottles, Captain mixers
Friday
$1 cans PBR $1 cans
$1 Dr. shots PBR $3 16 oz Captain mixers $1$2.75 Dr. shots deluxe $3 16 oz Captain Bloodys ‘til 7, $4.50 mixers
lite pitchers 7 - 12 $2.75 deluxe Bloodys ‘til 7, $4.50 lite pitchers 7 - 12
Saturday
$1 shots of Dr. $2.50 Polish
$1 domestic taps $3 Jager Bombs
Tuesday Wednesday
$2 u-call-it (except top shelf)
Thursday
Friday
$1 shots of Dr. Speedy tacos $2.50 Polish $1.50
$1 domestic taps gyro, chips, soda $3 Jager Bombs $5.99
$2 u-call-it 3 chicken (except top fry shelf) taquitos $3.99
Fiesta burrito $6.99
$2.50 Captain $2.50 Jager Bombs & Polish $2.50 Captain $2.50 Jager Nachos Supreme Bombs & Polish $5.49
Thursday Thursday
Friday Friday
Saturday Saturday
Tuesday Wednesday Tuesday Wednesday
HAPPY HOUR 3:15 - 6:15 HAPPY HOUR 3:15 - 6:15 free pitcher of pop or all day: tenderloin tips,
all-u-can-eat spaghetti all day $5.45 all-u-can-eat 25 cent hot spaghetti all wings day $5.45 425- cent 10 hot wings 4 - 10
shrooms, fries tips, or po- free domestic withor tenderloin pitcherbeer of pop tato, salad,fries roll or $9.95 large beer pizza with shrooms, podomestic 50 cents offroll top$9.95 shelf discounts on all tato, salad, large pizza domestic on beer 50 centsliquor off top shelf discounts all liquor domestic beer HAPPY HOUR 3 PM - 8 PM $1 off anything that pours $1 O-Bombs/ cent wings, $3 filled HAPPY 3 PM -10 8 PM 2 forHOUR 1 mug ($1 tap refills, $2 Bazooka Joes, $1 O-Bombs/ 10 cent wings, $3 fi lled anything 2 for 1 rail $1refi High Life mugrefills) ($1 tap lls, $2 Wristband Night Bazooka Joes, 9 p.m. - close anything bottles/kamikaze rail refills) $1 Highshots Life Wristband Night 9 p.m. - close bottles/kamikaze any jumbo, large, or large 1 toppingshots pizza medium pizza up or to 5 large 1 topping $9.99 pizza any jumbo, large, toppings: $11.99 large for $5) medium pizza up to 5 (get 2nd$9.99 toppings: $11.99 (get 2nd large for $5)
all-u-can-eat fish $8.95 all day: lunch: fish sandwich & all-u-can-eat fish $8.95 fries lunch:$5.45 fish sandwich & fries $5.45 $2.50 Three Olives Mixers $1.00 Long Islands $2.00 Mixers Mixers $2.50Rail Captain $3.50 Pitchers $1.00Domestic Root Beer Barrels Hot Shots Menu (6 beers $6.00 “Buck-its” $2.50 Big Ass Miller Lite
for $6.00)
Saturday
Prime Rib specials, one child free Prime Ribeats specials, with one adult one child eats free entree with one adult 4entree - 10: house wines $2.50 4 - 10: house wines $2.50 $2.50 Bacardi Mixers $1.00 Long Islands $2.00 MixersMixers $2.50Rail Bacardi $3.50 Pitchers $5.00Domestic Fishbowls Hot Shots Menu & Bazooka $1.00 O-bombs $2.50 Big Ass Miller Lite
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La Crosse Dan’s Place Live DJ
Just A Roadie Away...
Sunday, June 15 Popcorn Tavern The New Blend
Thursday, June 12
The Recovery Room Live DJ Nutbush Live DJ
9:00
Monday, June 16
9:00
George St. Pub Adam Palm’s Open Jam
10:00
Popcorn Tavern Nick Shattuck
10:00
Nighthawks Dave Orr's Damn Jam
10:00
Popcorn Tavern Shawn's open Jam
Nutbush Live DJ
All Star Lanes Karaoke
Popcorn Tavern Paulie
My Second Home Karaoke Player’s Live DJ
9:00 9:00
10:00
Minneapolis population
10:00
10:00 10:00
Wednesday, June 18 Nighthawks Irene Keenan Jr.
10:00
Loon’s Comedy Night
8:30
Popcorn Tavern Bottom of the Barrel String Band 10:00
Library Karaoke
9:00
The Joint Friday the 13th hip hop
10:00
Coconut’s Live DJ
10:00
Saturday, June 14
10:00
All Star Lanes Karaoke
Player’s Karaoke
10:00
Popcorn Tavern Brownie's open Jam
10:00
10:00
Players Live DJ
10:00
Nutbush Live DJ
10:00
Minnesota Zoo Amphitheater Thurs., 6/12
Tiesto
Epic (formerly the Quest)
Mindless Self Indulgence
First Avenue
Cross Canadian Ragweed
Minnesota Zoo Amphitheater Thurs., 6/19
Thurs., 6/12
Madison
223,389
Umphrey's McGee, STS9 (Sound Tribe Sector 9) Alliant Energy Center
Thurs., 7/10
Cornmeal
Memorial Union Terrace
Fri., 7/11
Poison, Dokken, Sebastian Bach
Alliant Energy Center
Sat., 7/12
Lyle Lovett
Overture Center for Arts
Sun., 7/13
Heavy J and the Fantastics
The Waterfront Bar & Grill
Thurs., 6/12
Shoeless Revolution
The Waterfront Bar & Grill Thurs., 8/7
Got a show? Let us know! We'll put it in, yo. copyeditor@secondsupper.com
Menomonie population
U-Melt
14,937
Leo Kottke
The Waterfront Bar & Grill Tues., 9/2 Mabel Tainter Theater
Sat., 9/20
B.B. King
Potawatami Casino
Mon., 6/9
She Wants Revenge, Be Your Own Pet
Turner Hall
Fri., 6/13
Aimee Mann
Turner Hall
Fri., 6/13
Milwaukee population
Bodega's 14th birthday! Something Jazz 10:00 Second Supper vol. 8, issue 119
Thurs., 6/12
8:00
Longhorn Karaoke
9:00
387,970
Aimee Mann
population
10:00
Nutbush Live DJ
9:00
Tuesday, June 17
Friday, June 13
Popcorn Tavern TBA
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