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VISIONS FROM FIVE MINUTES INTO THE FUTURE • JANUARY 16, 2013 • Maps are about to become something very different. No longer will they be static images of the world as it is -- it will now be possible to look at a digital map and scroll back in time. You will be able to see the world as it was, including the names of former
residents and businesses, and, with the click of a mouse button, see images of the past. Some will even contain video or sound files, and some maps will take users back thousand or even millions of years, to the dawn of civilization, the birth of man.
ust because American medicine, with the exception of heroic interventions and emergency procedures, is terminally broken, doesn’t mean that just any alternative is automatically a better option. In the past 40-odd years, Americans have gone so far down the path of embracing alternative therapies that the road is paved with radical, nonsensical variants undeserving of attention. Heartland Healing is supposed to be in favor of alternative healing arts. And in general, we are. But there is a cogent argument demanding closer inspection of therapies that appear to be making their mark just because they can be called “alternative.” IFTTT Life isn’t as simple as computer programs. It’s simpler. I have a gadget that starts our 1960s-era coffee pot from my iPhone. The outlet the pot is plugged into is controlled by a protocol called IFTTT, for “if this, then that.” A computer-controlled device is that easy. “If this, then that,” doesn’t work so well for human decision-making, though. We’re not digital animals. We’re analog. Not quantized, but infinitely variable, as analog is. It follows then, that health care can’t be viewed within the context of the truncated syllogism, “if this, then that”, or, “If this American health care is broken then that option must be better.” Yes, the American health care system — actually a “disease-care” system — is radical, deadly, nonsensical and broken. But some of what are called “alternative” therapies are not the answer. We are inundated by new “alternative” therapies. Some are real doozies. Some use electronics to read auras or brainwaves or “somatic potentialities.” Some soak body parts in weird solutions or run lasers or flashing lights across the body. Once I heard, “We’ll just put this headband on you and plug it into the laptop and find out how your relationships are affecting your health.” If it’s a therapy that seems straight out of Star Trek, leave it on the holodeck. And nutritional supplements? Are you kidding? There are thousands of them and each one is the latest in reductionist science promising to rebalance this or eliminate that. Entire stores and businesses are stocked shelf by shelf with pills and capsules of ambiguous origin. Crazy nutritional regimens are particularly suspect. Now we’re going to eat like a caveman? A bit of news for Paleo-dieters. Early man was an opportunist when it came to eating animals. Humans
were carrion diners long before they were hunters. If you want to eat like our hunter-gatherer ancestors, then learn to hunt first. Going to the store and buying meat isn’t hunting. Better yet, start patrolling for road kill and live like a true early human. How can there be so many panaceas and still Americans are so sick? More importantly, how can anyone choose from among the daffy alternatives that keep showing up and determine those alternatives that may actually be of help? This is my own personal opinion. Time tested The most sensible therapies to me are traditional ones. Traditional implies the test of time. It’s not a tradition if it’s new. American medicine is an immature upstart when compared to acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine or herbal medicine. So using the term “traditional” in describing conventional medicine is incorrect. It’s not “traditional” if it’s only a hundred years old and American medicine is based primarily on technology and drugs that have not stood the test of time. That’s why we see drugs and techniques, artificial body parts, failing and recalled constantly. We are actually test subjects for these modern drugs and procedures. A thousand years from now, do you think anyone will know what the recalled faulty Stryker hip replacement was? But three thousand years later, we still use and benefit from acupuncture. When I consider a therapy, I reflect that if it’s been around for a few thousand years with apparent success in healing people, there must be something to it. An “alternative” therapy that is brand new or based on modern technology is one I look askance at. Nature or technology? Another thing I consider is, does the therapy, even though called alternative, move me closer to nature or closer to technology? Technology is transient. Nature endures. Magic bullet? I ask myself, does a therapy have the aura of “magic bullet” around it? A sensible therapy should be holistic, i.e., honoring the entire system it seeks to heal. Any one single therapy, alternative or conventional, that is touted as a cure-all for a specific begs for dismissal. That is not to say that a specific treatment is fallacious for a specific symptom, as a tourniquet will of course stop bleeding. What does your gut say? We can trust intuition when it comes to health. Too often we are mesmerized by conventional medicine ads. And likewise, we are now too often smitten by the very fact alone that something is an alternative. Trusting your feelings is more valid than ever when choosing to work with a practitioner and accepting their advice and guidance. Of course, the average American is so out of touch with his or her feelings that reconnecting with feeling is the first step. Be well. ,
HEARTLAND HEALING is a New Age polemic describing alternatives to conventional methods
of healing the body, mind and planet. It is provided as information and entertainment, certainly not medical advice. It is not an endorsement of any particular therapy, either by the writer or The Reader. Visit HeartlandHealing.com for more information.
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he recently launched Omaha Culinary Tours looks to capture foodies and urban explorers alike. Owners Jim Trebbien, Jen Valandra and Suzanne Allen are banking this town’s rich culinary scene is destination worthy enough to support their business. For a fee OCT offers guided tours of locally owned restaurants and food stores and the historic districts they reside in. Satisfied with test tours conducted in December, OCT is now taking reservations for walking tours that are also urban adventures. Its Midtown tour is the lone active trek right now but new ones are in the works for the Old Market, Dundee, Benson and downtown. A craft beer and pizza tour is likely to be a staple along with a ballpark fare tour come College World Series time. A Valentine’s tour is also being planned. Transportation-provided journeys will be offered, including steakhouse and comfort food tours. Each walking tour covers about a mile while visiting six or seven venues in a span of 2 1/2 to 3 hours. At each stop guests sample food prepared fresh onsite just for the visit and meet the venue’s owner, chef or manager. A well-informed guide leads the way, sharing back stories about the food places and the neighborhoods. OCT limits public tours to groups of 6 to 16. Private tours can accommodate more guests. Private tours can be designed to fit whatever theme clients desire. The set Midtown tour features Chef2 (Trebbien is part owner), Brix, The Crescent Moon, The Grey Plum, Marrakech and Wohlner’s. In addition to tasting different cuisines it’s a sampling of three distinct districts — Blackstone, Gold Coast and Gifford Park. On the December 28 Midtown tour superstar Grey Plume chef-owner Clayton Chapman personally greeted guests and introduced the tastings menu
n Ella Wills of the Neighborhood Action and Facts, 3802 N. 24th St., will be serving a catfish dinner on Martin Luther King Day, Jan. 20 from 11 a.m. until the food is gone. The dinner includes two sides (spaghetti, coleslaw or green beans) & dessert for donations of $9. Local delivery is available for orders of two or more dinners at 402.714.7614. Please mark your calendars. You will not be disappointed.
served. He even stuck around to answer questions. It’s all part of what Allen calls an “interactive thing.” Valandra says, “Part of the experience is seeing the pride in the owners when they talk about their
food and tell their stories. They’re sharing part of themselves.” “It’s communion, it’s sharing food and conversation with other people and community. You learn about an area, you sample the food there, you meet some of the people there,” says Trebbien. Allen says OCT’s getting strong buy-in from venue owners. “They want to be a part of it, they see the value of it. They’re getting potential customers. They’re
getting a chance to wow people that maybe wouldn’t have walked through the door before.” A “novice foodie” with “an appreciation for the culinary scene,” Allen holds a regular job doing sales and heads OCT’s marketing efforts. She got the idea for a food tour company on her travels across the U.S. She noted food tourism’s a popular activity for folks to explore the cultural landscape of cities they inhabit or visit. “More of the masses are wanting food as an event. I’ve taken these tours around the country and I’ve loved the experience. I thought Omaha’s ready for this.” Trebbien and Valandra felt the same way and began pursuing the same vision. He’s dean of culinary arts at Metropolitan Community College and an Omaha Hospitality Hall of Fame inductee. She’s an MCC culinary arts graduate and works under Trebbien as culinary project coordinator. She previously ran the Medusa Project, a now defunct local presenting arts organization. The self-described “serial entrepreneur” has established several startups. The first time the pair heard of Allen is when she called for advice on her planned food tour startup. Rather than compete, the threesome decided to partner. “It became obvious we needed each other,” says Valandra. “We work really well together and complement each other.”
n Blogger Steve Gates of hitthatdive.com has hailed The Village Bar of Ralston, 77th and Park Drive, as the best bar of the year for 2013. hitthatdive.com eyes genuine drinking establishments in the Omaha metro area that are cozy and friendly, bringing back that old school bar feel where patrons are family. Check out Gates’ other favorite local bars on his blog. n New venues: Ashland, Nebraska, is soon to be home to a new DQ and Chill, located at 602 E. Highway 6. It will be open for lunch
and dinner, 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Dickey’s BBQ has a new location opening in Omaha at Pacific and 120th, were Maggie Moos once was. Remodeling has just begun, so we will keep you informed on an opening date. n Over the next three years, the ConAgra Food Foundation will be investing more than $4 million into Omaha community organizations and non-profits with a goal of reducing childhood hunger. Partnering on the project will be the Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition. Ac-
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“We have three different skill sets that intertwine,” says Trebbien. “It was very clear we could get a lot more accomplished together than we could alone,” says Allen. “It has taken off since we came together.” Allen says they share a bullish passion for Omaha’s assets. They feel the depth of the emergent food scene and resurgent urban environment may be what finally puts Omaha on the map, It’s why they’ve moved fast since forming the company in August. Sporadic tastings and festivals may celebrate food here but they say there hasn’t been a dedicated food tour operation. Noting that successful food tourism businesses operate all over, even Des Moines and Kansas City, they feel the local market’s overdue to be tapped. “Years ago in Omaha if you wanted to go out for fine dining you were pretty much confined to a steakhouse and now fine dining is the best cuisine from anywhere,” says Trebbien. “There’s a number of James Beard Award nominated chefs around town. The culinary scene has changed tremendously and it changes tremendously every year. Omaha’s being discovered for its amenities and food is part of that.” Allen says OCT’s not just for visitors but for locals. “Omahans have their favorites but taking a tour like this allows them to get out and experience six or seven new places in one afternoon or evening. They can find a new favorite or add a couple new places to their comfort zone.” While not a progressive dinner, the food served on OCT tours should fill most guests, the owners say. Then there’s the added sustenance of discovering new places and learning some history along the way. “It’s part of the culture,” says Allen. , For schedule and booking details, visit www.omahaculinarytours.com. Read more of Leo Adam Biga’s work at leoadambiga.wordpress.com.
cording to ConAgra Foods CEO Gary Rodkin, “The ultimate objective is to create systems to prevent families from becoming food insecure.” Many others are joining forces with ConAgra in this project such as The Food Bank for the Heartland, Hunger Free Heartland, Creighton Financial Hope Collaborative and several others. For more information, visit www.centerfornutrition.org. — Krista O’Malley Crumbs is about indulging in food and celebrating its many forms. Send information about area food and drink businesses to crumbs@thereader.com.
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recisely at 10 a.m. on June 20, 1952, a stylishly dressed middle-aged black woman named Mildred Brown urged the Omaha City Council to “do all in their power to see that Negroes were hired as bus drivers and therefore end the lily-white hiring practices of the Omaha & Council Bluffs Street-car Company.” Speaking slowly, enunciating each word and standing at her tallest, five feet, five inches, the publisher of the Omaha Star newspaper and representative of the De Porres Club directed her comments to the council chairman: “I say to you, your honor, the mayor, if the tram company will not hire Negroes as drivers we prevail on you to remove the franchise of the bus company.” Straightening the corsage fastened to her fuchsia colored suit jacket, she abruptly turned on her matching colored high heels. Approaching her chair, Brown looked over her shoulder at the row of white men in ties, and said, “If our boys can drive jeeps, tanks and jet planes in Korea in the fight to save democracy, make democracy work at home.” Born in Alabama in 1905, Mildred Brown was the owner, publisher, and editor of the Omaha Star, which she cofounded in 1938. An iconoclastic leader, Brown nurtured, encouraged, and spoke for her black readership until her death in 1989. But the years of her most intense civil rights activity coincide with the existence of the De Porres Club, a pioneering civil rights organization in Omaha that was active between 1947 and 1960. As one of the nation’s few black newspaper women and the only black woman to publish a newspaper in Nebraska, Brown occupied a unique historic position. The two entities staged successful boycotts, sit-ins and picketing ten years before the national civil rights movement. [From the Introduction] Brown, Max Brownell, her common-law second husband, and the interracial De Porres members tested racial employment policies and customer treatment among local businesses. If any of the club members were refused a job application or service, the store owners were quickly reminded of the law. If the owners still didn’t comply, a warrant for their arrest was issued. The De Porres Club rarely lost a case. Brown’s Star newspaper played a key role in challenging and changing unfair hiring practices and unequal customer treatment at several businesses on the Near North Side. Her newspaper kept readers informed on noncompliant businesses and printed flyers for community boycotts. Brown’s local activism would later augment the national movement in the urban North. The newspaper owner started her grassroots movement against discriminatory hiring policies in February 1948. She requested a neighborhood meeting and instructed Star readers to meet her at the black Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) building. Brown chose this location not only because she was a member of the organization but also because of the association’s opposition to lynching, promotion of better race relations and empowerment of women. At the appointed date and time about thirty-five people arrived at the YWCA. The interracial group listened to Brown ex-
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pound on the unfairness of white business owners accepting the black community as customers but refusing to consider them as employees. Brown’s staffers researched 534 available occupations listed in the 1940 census. They discovered Omaha’s “negroes have no employment in as many as 96 occupations.” Despite the fact that skilled black men and women applied for those positions, their applications met with rejection. On the day of Brown’s meeting, about a thousand black citizens from the Near North Side were seeking work, while employed were “at jobs far below their status, both in rank and pay.” Her newspaper campaign for equal opportunity employment gained momentum from the De
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Porres Club. Father John Markoe and six white Creighton University students founded the activist organization on November 3, 1947; additional branches appeared in Kansas City and Denver by the mid 1950s. The De Porres Club’s first meeting in Omaha attracted an interracial crowd of forty-seven. Markoe, a tall, silver-haired former West Point graduate recently banished from Saint Louis University’s Jesuit community, was looking forward to creating change in Omaha. He was already known for his eccentric habit of smoking old cigarette butts he found on the ground. Years earlier the priest took a vow against luxury, so allowed himself used cigarettes only. Father Markoe already knew Arthur McCaw, Nebraska’s black
state treasurer and was good friends with Dwight D. Eisenhower, who had been McCaw’s Sunday school teacher. At the meeting Markoe delivered the opening prayer. Afterward, he explained to those gathered that the organization borrowed its name from black Dominican friar Martin de Porres, a long deceased biracial monk, best known for his slave-ship ministry. Markoe informed the gathering that the club’s goals were “better racial relations through constructive actions, to banish every form of compulsory segregation and abolish and all forms of discrimination against individuals because of race, color or creed.” Or, in the private y continued on page 8
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Calloway let him know she had the right to file y continued from page 6 words of the Jesuit priest, “to kick Jim Crow’s ass charges. Pignotti replied, “I don’t give a damn whether you out of Omaha.” The De Porres Club taught its members to file charges against me or not, I’m not serving you.” Calloway filed charges at Omaha’s Police Court. challenge discriminatory behaviors in the city of Omaha. African American Bertha Calloway (also During Pignotti’s lunch break the following day, an founder of the Great Plains Black History Museum) officer served him with a warrant. At the court proceedings Pignotti pointed to and her husband James joined the club “because Omaha was a racist town, you couldn’t eat down- Calloway and said,”That’s the one that had me artown.” She recalled the Jesuit priest encouraging rested like I was a common criminal. All I did, [was say] I’m not serving colmembers to fight racism. ored in my place.” “Father Markoe tried to Judge Palmer replied, keep quiet, but he talked “Well, I don’t blame you about white people like you but you’re gonna have to wouldn’t believe, and then pay [the] $25 fine.” after he’d do his little talk, The judge turned to we would get together and Calloway and said, “Now have little meetings.” Black that De Porres Club, what De Porres member Doroare you guys up to? Are thy Eure remembered those you all Communists or original breakout sessions. something?” “Not only did we discuss the evils or racism, but we de**** veloped plans and strategy, The FBI maintained maneuvering our small force daily surveillance of the to correct these vicious acts. De Porres Club. [Club The city of Omaha, similar to other urban midwestern ABOVE: Mildred Brown is the only woman in the room in President Denny] Holcities, reinforced southern this undated photo of a luncheon with ministers and busi- land recalled how the de jure laws as accepted de nessmen. BELOW: Mildred Brown with the Rev. John Mar- mail to the De Porres koe, S. J. (front). The other men in the photo are not idenClub arrived resealed facto segregation. tified. Photos courtesy Nebraska State Historical Society and the telephone lines were tapped. Federal **** agents kept logbooks The De Porres Club jumpand eventually directly started northern Omaha’s questioned Holland. equality campaign when it discovered an old but valuDespite strong local able legal precedent. The resistance from the white 1893 Nebraska Civil Rights community and fedStatute supplied necessary leeral surveillance working gal leverage against discrimiwith city administration, nation. Brown through the Star and with the De Porres **** Club led successful campaigns to desegregate busiBrown encouraged De Pornesses and push for equal res members to file discrimiemployment, culminating nation suits against local venwith its success against ues, such as Harry’s Tea Club, Omaha’s largest streetcar Pignotti’s Donut Shop, the Paxton Hotel, Eppley Airfield, and the Greyhound bus company with a boycott that predated the famous station; sometimes the De Porres organization had be- Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott by four years. tween eight and ten simultaneous different suits. Forss’ book documents the story of an incredibly Calloway recalled visiting Pignotti’s Donut shop brave and forward-thinking woman and the very with a white friend named Peggy. The server re- nasty civil rights fight fought here. Brown’s fight fused to acknowledge them. The two girls asked the evolved to tackle discriminatory housing and “reowner, Pignotti, to come to their table. The follow- strictive covenants in the 1950s, which in turn led to the black community’s desegregation of Omaha ing conversation ensued: Peggy said, “Don’t you know me Mr. Pignotti, Peony Park in the 1960s and the Omaha Public School system in the 1970s.” It’s a fascinating and [we] go to the same church.” Pignotti replied, “Yes, I know you but I’m not required reading for anyone that wants to know the bravest parts of our history. , serving them, you’re gonna have to leave.” Peggy said,” In the name of Christ, how can you Black Print with a White Carnation: Mildred Brown do this?” He answered, “Hey, if I serve them I’ll lose business, and the Omaha Star is available online at Amazon and Barnes and Noble. I’m not gonna start serving colored people in here.”
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When last we saw Masterpiece’s Sherlock two years ago, he had seemingly jumped to his death as a way of saving his friends. Since then fans have speculated on how he might have survived, and the long-awaited new season of Sherlock takes pleasure in teasing us about our obsession. The series is set in contemporary London, where citizens trade wild theories about the brilliant detective’s demise, just as we viewers have been doing. These include romantic fantasies about Holmes and pathologist Molly, as well as homoerotic fantasies about Holmes and his nemesis Moriarty. When Holmes dramatically reappears in the season premiere (no, I will not spoil a drop of your pleasure by giving anything away), Londoners do what all of us now do in such moments. They madly take to Twitter, using the hashtag #SherlockNotDead. Folks, this 90-minute episode of “Sherlock” is as witty, touching, intelligent, well acted and cinematically inventive as any current Oscar contender. It clears the Victorian mustiness from Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective series and makes adaptations like CBS’s “Elementary” seem…elementary. #SherlockIsWonderful. — Dean Robbins
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Sounds, sights and smells of reality permeate the premises in Emily Mann’s adaptation of the bestselling book of this name which was co-written by actual protagonists Sarah “Sadie” L. Delany and A. Elizabeth “Bessie” Delany. While the centenarian black ladies ruminate about their past as civil rights pioneers, of racism and sexism, photographs illuminate their memories and they lovingly cook a meal whose aroma wafts into the audience. The roles belong to Omaha sisters Camille Metoyer Moten and Lanette Metoyer Moore, no newcomers to performing. Nor to such history; they confronted it here. You might want to know as well about another famed woman: Mann. She has written more than 10 plays, including others based on fact. One, Mrs. Packard, is about a 19th Century advocate for women’s rights who was declared insane. And Execution of Justice, is a Broadway-produced docudrama focusing on Dan White, Harvey Milk’s assassin. Further complex history coming alive. — Gordon Spencer
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few “alt country” artists his age who still claims the “country” as home. Maybe this explains the lyrical, “truth is stranger than fiction” wobble to his songs about 21st century rural life. Live and on recordings he adds dazzling guitar and banjo finger-picking to his tales of hobos, tires, mobile homes, strippers, motorcycles, trucks, cars and vice presidents. — ES JALAN CROSSLAND
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MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY Orpheum Theater, 409 S. 16th Street 7pm, $20-$50 for tickets www.omahaperformingarts.org
The Martha Graham Dance Company will perform at the Orpheum Theater as part of Omaha Performing Arts’ Dance series. The company will present Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring. Copland was commissioned to write the piece for Martha Graham. The end result was a ballet for 13-dancers that had a distinctly American flavor. With a highly recognizable score, including “Simple Gifts,” Joan Squires, executive director for OPA, says the piece “captures a time in American history when everything seemed possible.” Martha Graham, considered a pioneer of choreography, designed the piece in 1944. Squires says the dance “embodies hope with its simple tale of new life in a new land.” — Cheril Lee
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n Because of the cold (both the weather and the illness), I regrettably missed last week’s annual 21 & Over event at the Omaha Community Playhouse, Live Broadway Karaoke, and your remorse should be just as comparable if you missed out as well. What started as an experiment a few years ago has become a sort of cult classic event hosted in the lobby of the Hawks Mainstage. The number of attendees is small, but the talent and and passion showcased is great. The event is memorable for a number of reasons: n You get a chance to listen to songs from musicals you haven’t discovered yet. n Attendees get a sneak preview of the next musical on a Playhouse stage (in this case, it was Angela Jenson Frey, Grace Bydalek and Sam Swerczek singing “Superboy and the Invisible Girl” from the upcoming Next to Normal). n It’s also a chance for an actor or actress to step outside the box and attempt a song outside of their “type.” Some of my favorite memories from this event involve perform-
ers blowing people away with songs nobody expected them to sing. Maybe you’re an ingenue trying your hand at a comedic character song, or perhaps you’re a character actor trying his hand at a heartfelt ballad. In any case, the end result has always been refreshing. More than anything, the biggest reason that Broadway Karaoke is a success is the hosting talents of Playhouse Music Director Jim Boggess. One of Boggess’ best qualities is the ability to play for seasoned performers and new-comers alike. If you are performing a song for the thousandth time, knowing every note, every placement, every precise breath, Jim will play to match all of your strengths. If you have only performed a handful of times or, perhaps, are singing a new song for the first time, Boggess will guide you along the proper path with his piano. Like helping a child learn to ride a bike, he helps you gain confidence in your ability and, when the time is right, lets you go, leaving you to achieve things you never thought possible. He does all of this while delightfully entertaining and schmoozing the audience in between performances. In any case, make sure to mark your calendars next year for this event because you will not soon forget it. —Bill Grennan Cold Cream looks at theater in the metro area. Email information to mixedmedia@thereader.com
Lewis Black, January 20-22, at Funny Bone Comedy Club, 17305 Davenport St., Suite 201, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $40. Visit www.funnybonecentral.com for more information.
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omedian Lewis Black has made a living off of being extremely angry, irritated and voluble, to say the least. Considering his on-stage persona, it’s incredible how congenial of a man Black actually is. From his work on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” to his stand-up routines like The Rant is Due, Black has perfected his craft over the last few decades. Black called from his New York City home to talk about current events including “Duck Dynasty,” airports and, of course, those idiots in Washington. Rather than waste time, ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Lewis Black… How have you been? We haven’t spoken since your last performance at the Holland. I’ve been just great. It just gets better all the time. We seem to be getting on track. The American people seem to know what they’re doing. The government certainly seems to be focused on what should be done in order to make a better country. Just really, I’ve never seen anything like it. It’s like watching a Greek play. I mean a really bad Greek play. The only thing that’s dif-
the whole thing was that the Republicans were so sure that the Democrats were holding a gun to their heads. Once again, I’m not watching adults, I’m watching kids in a sandbox. They’re holding a gun to their own heads. Then at the last second, the Republicans grab the gun and shoot themselves. Then the Democrats in Washington go back to what they were doing and that’s getting ready to shoot themselves. How do you not- I mean seriously- if that’s your number one priority. I mean, you can’t get a job for people, you can’t do this, you can’t do that, and everything else you’ve been cockblocked on. What would stop you from making a good website other than your own ineptitude? That was a crazy train wreck. Yes it was. It was really uncalled for. Once again, we couldn’t do it because we’ve been spending the last 12-15 years floundering about. It all goes back to education, which everybody thinks they’re going to figure out. It’s not that difficult. You teach people shit. That’s it. Simple. And they go, ‘oh it’s the union’s fault.’ No. It’s also parents coming into the thing,
ferent is Greek plays had people of stature and we don’t have a stature. Everyone’s been talking about Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty and his “colorful” comments in Vanity Fair. What is your take on that? That was a real shock. That was a stunner to think he might actually have those beliefs. This is probably the kind of thing that gets people upset, but I thought what he said about blacks was worse. Having grown up at the tail end of Jim Crow, to say that they were dancing to the back of the bus and singing, what level of madness is that? The thing that’s appalling is even if you think this shit, keep it to yourself. I can’t go through this all the time. None of us should be going through this all the time. You can have private discussions in your home, but don’t have somebody film it. Really. It’s just unbelievable. Then people are saying, ‘oh you’re taking away his free speech.’ I wouldn’t have expected that. People watch it and know what they’re thinking, but you’re not watching it to watch what they’re thinking. You’re watching the goofy hijinx of a whacky family that’s made a gazillion dollars. That’s what you’re watching. It’s the equivalent of a 1950s black and white sitcom. You’re watching Green Acres. What’s the difference? They’re actors. It’s ridiculous. I get upset because in the end reality T.V. has basically made it impossible for me to get on television. I practice my craziness. I mean, geez, why did I go to drama school? That was stupid. I could have cultivated my personality. I don’t think your personality needs any more cultivating. [Laughs] I just signed up for Obamacare and the website didn’t give me any problems. Did you have to sign up? I didn’t sign up. Here’s a bad word. I’m in a union. Oh boy, that is really awful. So I have shitty coverage from my union. I stuck with what they gave me. They’re working it out. We just combined it. It took forever. What I thought was spectacular about
you’re basically handing out speed to some kids. I mean, it’s ludicrous. Speaking of kids, what do you think about kids’ dependency on technology these days? I would be depending on that. You can’t really fault them. Really. I used to have a dependency on RC Cola. It’s whatever’s around. It’s their world. That’s the thing. I mean, it’s strange. You stand by and watch it, and I realized the other day, no matter what happens I’m not prepped for it. It’s a tsunami this stuff. Do you have an iPad, iPhone—any iStuff? No, I don’t have ‘i.’ I switch it all around because I hate all of them equally. I’m noticing I have a bit of an iPhone dependency. It distracts from real life. I find that I’ve started to put it in my pocket more and more because, you know, when all of a sudden did I think I was going to get an important message? Exactly. Or why do I feel I have to check my email every five minutes? There’s absolutely no reason. Well, the only reason I do it is because stuff comes through like you gotta do this, you gotta do that, or what time do you want to talk on the phone, but otherwise I try not to. I was thinking yesterday, since I’ve been locked up because of this cold smack, and I was thinking I really could be just as happy. I think when I retire, I think I’m out of it. I think I’m going to sit around and read books. The other thing is we’re in the midst of a massive transition, massive.
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They are stuck in the past. A lot of them are stuck in the way past. And a lot of them are my age. It’s really appalling because they aren’t even making the attempt. And John McCain has a Twitter account. Please. Don’t. Just don’t. Don’t. There’s no need. My parents were watching a football game the other night and there was a Twitter feed at the bottom and three different shots on the right side of various things. The game was so small, it was hard to watch because of all of the distractions. I didn’t get any of that. I was lucky. It wasn’t there thank god. They have this thing on ESPN and it’s a Twitter feed. That’s the other thing, what’s wrong with news? You want to know what’s wrong with news? I don’t need to know what Johnson Fredericks or whomever has to say about whatever the news of the day is. It’s not relevant. If you get some sense of empowerment from that, they might as well put you in a straight jacket and shove you in the back of a lunatic asylum. I have Twitter, but I don’t use it that often. Well I have it, but it’s advertising. Then they yell at me for the advertising. It’s like duh. That’s what it’s built on and that’s how it’s going to make money. What is the matter with you people? ,
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earning to speak Spanish or any foreign language is a classic New Year’s resolution, but what drove me to take on the task was an obsession with iPhone games. Before we get to that, let me point out that this is not the first time I’ve tried to learn Spanish. My first attempt came in Mrs. Ladd’s class. Spanish was mandatory at Ft. Calhoun High School. It also was the only foreign language taught outside of English, a language which Mrs. Ladd also taught and which also was foreign to most of my classmates. For one solid semester Mrs. Ladd started each class by addressing us one after the other with “Hola! ¿Como se llamo usted?” In return, we were to reply with “Mi llamo your name.” “May-yam-uh Tim-oh-tay.” That was the only Spanish I learned in high school, along with the ability to count to 15 and the names of primary colors, yet somehow I managed to pass the course with at least a B. Those numbers and colors would come in handy when I got to UNO and discovered my journalism coursework required fluency in a foreign language. Despite my semester of high school Spanish, I figured I’d start at the Beginner’s Level, designated for those poor saps who’d never taken Spanish before. In the back of my mind I actually thought I was gaming the system, what with my semester of Spanish in high school. This would be an easy A. I knew I was in trouble before class even began. On the first day of most classes, students sit in stone silence waiting for the exhausted-looking instructor to slouch into the room, but this time there was a buzz of excitement as students grinned and chatted eagerly amongst themselves. “That’s interesting,” I thought. “It’s as if they already know each other.” In walked the professor, a middle-aged Hispanic woman with a beaming smile. “Buenos dias!” she boomed. In response the class boomed back, “Buenos dias!”
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As if scripted, she pivoted to me like a robot and with saucer-wide eyes said, “¿Como se llamo usted?” I was ready. I busted out with my best “May-yamuh Tim-oh-tay!” Her face immediately fell as if I just passed gas, loudly. “No no no no!… Mee-ya-moh, mee-ya-moh. Not May-ya-muh. Try it it again.” “May-yam-uh Tim-oh-tay.” With rolled eyes she looked past me and turned to the next student, who exclaimed “Mi nombre es Roberto!” “Bueno!” she exclaimed clapping her tiny hands. She proceeded to repeat the question for all 25 students, each pronouncing one phrase or another in response perfecto! When she finished, she asked in English, “OK, how many of you have never taken Spanish before, not even in high school.” All hands went up. “Good! We’ll start from the beginning.” And from there, it went directly down hill. I quickly discovered everyone in the class not only had taken four years of Spanish in high school but were fluent enough to be United Nations translators. That chitter-chat prior to class was them practicing their Spanish amongst themselves, honing their skills, feeling out the competition. After three weeks of humiliation I dropped the class without once being able to point out “Un mañzana es rojo.” A bigger problem than being behind everyone in class was that I could never breach that wall that separates meticulous translation and thinking in Spanish. Responding to a question in Spanish was like performing a complex math equation. “Hmm… let’s see… rojo means red and I think mañzana is a feminine form…” I could never let go of my beloved English.
First-Run Films The Great Beauty First-Run Dir. Paolo Sorrentino. Starts Friday, January 17 A Roman playboy contemplates deeper matters on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Survive the Nebraska winter with this splash of Italian decadence! Inside Llewyn Davis First-Run (R) Dir. Joel & Ethan Coen. Through Thursday, January 30 Follows a self-destructive folk singer as he navigates the pre-Dylan Greenwich Village scene. Music by T Bone Burnett & Marcus Mumford.
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I don’t know how I got around the Spanish requirement, but somehow I got my journalism degree from UNO as a one-language student fluent only in Associated Press style. Which brings me to my latest attempt. I discovered Duolingo from a small article in Wired magazine. The author said the smartphone app made
learning a foreign language as fun as playing Angry Birds or Candy Crush, two games that have stolen countless productive days of my life. According to the Duolingo website, 34 hours of playing the game was equal to one university semester (11 weeks) of Spanish course work. Instead of mindlessly matching pieces of candy or trying to smash digital pig buildings, I could be playing my
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way to a conversation with the lady taking my order in the taco truck in the No Frills parking lot. And best of all, Duolingo is absolutely free. The app uses pictures and audio along with written phrases and the iPhone’s microphone (so you can practice pronunciation) to guide you through language basics. The first lesson: Select the photo that represents “El hombre.” Is it the picture of the guy? Correct! A little owl dressed in a track suit prompts players to keep going as you collect digital hearts by completing lessons with as few mistakes as possible. Within a few hours I knew “Nosotros leemos un libro” means “We read a book” and “Ellos beben una cerveza” means “They drink a beer.” That’s more than I’ve learned in my (narrow) lifetime of coursework. Now after three weeks of playing Duolingo I’m up to Level 7 -- a feat that would have taken a child less than an hour. I can now translate “Mayo y junio son meses del ano” into “May and June are months of the year.” Important information as I embark on a career in the calendar factory. I can even understand phrases spoken by Duolingo’s computer mujer – but only if I Slow. Her. Down., which means I’m in good shape if I ever run into a Spanish-speaking person who’s suffered severe head trauma. Will Duolingo finally do what teaching professionals couldn’t and make me fluent in Spanish, or is it just another game that I’ll eventually grow bored with before returning to stringing together pieces of digital candy? As they say in down Mexico way: El jurado aún está deliberando. ,
New York Film Critics Series At Middleton First-Run (R) Dir. Adam Rogers. Tuesday, January 21, 6:30 pm Single parents who get separated from a college tour wind up in love after a romp across campus. This preview screening will be followed by a conversation streaming live with stars Andy Garcia and Vera Farmiga and director Adam Rogers, moderated by respected Rolling Stone critic Peter Travers.
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THURSDAY 16
THE RANDY OXFORD, (Blues) 5:30 pm, 21st Saloon, $10. DURTY THURSDAY - E BROWN, 9 pm, Bar 415, Free. MITCH GETTMAN BAND W/ VIRGINIA TANOUS-GALLNER & SALTWATER SANCTUARY, (Rock) 9 pm, Barley Street Tavern, Check venue for cover charge. AN EVENING WITH RAILROAD, (Rock) 8 pm, Bourbon Theater, $20 Adv, $25 DOS, 18+. NEW MOON SONGWRITERS NIGHT, (Folk/Singer-Songwriter) 7 pm, Crescent Moon Coffee, FREE. TIM JAVORSKY SOLO, (Blues) 6 pm, Jazz, A Louisiana Kitchen, Check venue for cover charge. THE RUSHMORE’S WITH THE DECATURES, MICHAEL WUNDER AND THE UNINSPIRED, (Rock) 9:30 pm, O’Leaver’s Pub, $5. SMOOTH JAZZ THURSDAYS AT THE OZONE LOUNGE, (Jazz) 6:30 pm, OzoNE Lounge at Anthony’s Steakhouse, No cover charge. FORK IN THE ROAD, (Cover Band) 9 pm, Slowdown, FREE - Front Room. ACOUSTIC NIGHT WITH JASON HINZE, 4 pm, The Tavern, Free. ACOUSTIC MUSIC THURSDAYS!, 8 pm, Two Fine Irishmen, Contact Two Fine Irishmen for cover charge. LYMPHNODE MANIACS, (Jazz) 9 pm, Venue 51, FREE. ROB BASS’ 40TH BIRTHDAY W/ SON OF AMBULANCE, INDREAMA & ROUTINE ESCORTS, (Rock) 9 pm, Waiting Room, $5. WELDON KEYS, SONS OF..., (Rock) 9 pm, Zoo Bar, $5.
FRIDAY 17
MONSTERS IN THE BASEMENT, (Rock) 9:30 pm, Arena Bar & Grill, FREE. FADED W/ THE YOUNG FUNK, AJ THE DREAD & RIPPA, (Rock) 9 pm, Barley Street Tavern, Check venue for cover charge. JOSH HOYER & THE SHADOWBOXERS ALBUM RELEASE SHOW, (Rock) 9 pm, Bourbon Theater, $5 21+ / $7 under 21. GEORGE STRAIT W/ ERIC CHURCH, (Country) 7:30 pm, CenturyLink Center Omaha, $77.50 - $98.50. WHISKEY BENT, (Country) 9 pm, Coyote Willy’s, $5. WHISKEY OF THE DAMNED, (Rock) 9 pm, Dubliner Pub, $3. DOWN TO HERE UNPLUGGED, (Rock) 9 pm, Firewater Grille, Check venue for cover charge. KARAOKE THEATRE, 9 pm, House Of Loom, Free. STREET RAILWAY COMANY PERFORMS, (Blues) 6 pm, Jazz, A Louisiana Kitchen, Check venue for cover charge.
DUMB BEACH WITH PRO-MAGNUM, FIRE RETARDED AND COAXED, (Rock) 9 pm, O’Leaver’s Pub, $5. ALPHA 5 W/ THE CLOCKS & OPK, (Rock) 9 pm, Shamrock’s Pub & Grill, Contact Shamrocks for cover charge. THE SUB-VECTORS W/ ROCK PAPER DYNAMITE & THE LOVE TECHNICIANS, (Rock) 9 pm, Slowdown, $7 ADV. SOARING WINGS VINEYARD KARAOKE NIGHT, 7 pm, Soaring Wings Vineyard, Contact the venue for cover charge. FRIDAY AFTERNOON CONCERT SERIES STEVE BYAM 40 SINNERS, (Blues) 6 pm, Venue 51, FREE. HLN PRESENTS: ANDREILIEN (HEYOKA) W/ GOVINDA, (DJ/ Electronic) 9 pm, Waiting Room, $12 Adv / $15 DOS. THE 402, (Cover Band) 9 pm, Whiskey Roadhouse (Horseshoe Casino), FREE. STEVE HESTER AND DEJA VOODOO, 5 pm, Zoo Bar, $8. THE LEPERS W/RON WAX AND NIGHT HEARTS, 9 pm, Zoo Bar, $5.
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FEVER & THE FUNKHOUSE, (Rock) 9:30 pm, Arena Bar & Grill, FREE. TRIBUTE NIGHT-LOU REED FEAT. THE SCOTT SEVERIN BAND, (Cover Band) 9 pm, Barley Street Tavern, Check venue for cover charge. WHISKEY BENT, (Country) 9 pm, Coyote Willy’s, $5. WHISKEY OF THE DAMNED, (Rock) 9 pm, Dubliner Pub, $3. KARAOKE, 8 pm, Firewater Grille, Contact Firewater Grille for cover charges. WEEKEND DANCE DESTINATION, (DJ/Electronic) 10 pm, House Of Loom, FREE. A NIGHT WITH SARABANDE, (Blues) 6 pm, Jazz, A Louisiana Kitchen, Check venue for cover charge. RAINY ROADS RECORDS SHOWCASE: PLEASURE ADAPTER WITH TOUCH PEOPLE AND WORRIED MOTHERS, 9:30 pm, O’Leaver’s Pub, $5. SHIVER W/ SHERRY DRIVE, STOP SIGN RIOT & BURNING WISH, (Rock) 9 pm, Shamrock’s Pub & Grill, Contact Shamrocks for cover charge. CODE SAVES, (Rock) 9 pm, Slowdown, $5 ADV. THE BISHOPS, (Reggae/Island) 9:30 pm, T Henery’s, $2. HEAR NEBRASKA PRESENTS: TAKE COVER OMAHA, (Cover Band) 9 pm, Waiting Room, $7. SWITCHBACK, (Rock) 9 pm, Whiskey Roadhouse (Horseshoe Casino), FREE. THE TOONS, (Rock) 6 pm, Zoo Bar, $5. ALLENDALES AND MATT COX, 9 pm, Zoo Bar, $6.
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RAMMING SPEED W/ GAROTED & BRUJA, (Metal) 8 pm, Bourbon Theater, Check venue for cover charge. SALSA SUNDAY W/ LATIN MADNESS, 7 pm, House Of Loom, $5. O’LEAVER’S OPEN MIC NIGHT, 9 pm, O’Leaver’s Pub, Free. OPEN MIC NIGHT WITH JOSEPH AND ANDREW JANOUSEK, 9 pm, O’Leaver’s Pub, Free. 7TH ANNUAL REUNION SHOW FEAT. JALAN CROSSLAND W/ MATT COX, (Rock) 7 pm, Pizza Shoppe Collective, $5. OPEN MIC NIGHT, 8 pm, Red9, FREE. SOARING WINGS VINEYARD SUNDAY MUSIC WITH SLAP HAPPY, 5:46 pm, Soaring Wings Vineyard, No cover charge. GORILLA MUSIC BATTLE OF THE BANDS, 4 pm, Waiting Room, $8 ADV / $10 DOS.
MONDAY 20
OPEN MIC NIGHT, 6 pm, 402 Arts Collective/ Aromas Coffeehouse, Free. OPEN MIC & SONGWRITER SHOWCASE, (FOLK/SINGERSONGWRITER) 9 pm, Barley Street Tavern, FREE. FIRST CUT INDUSTRY NIGHT W/ DJ DRDRIGGS, (DJ/ELECTRONIC) 9 PM, HOUSE OF LOOM, FREE. BIG BAND MONDAY FEATURING MIKE GURCUILLO AND HIS LAS VEGAS LAB BAND, (JAZZ) 6:30 PM, OZONE LOUNGE AT ANTHONY’S STEAKHOUSE, FREE. GOOCH & HIS LASVEGAS BIG BAND, 8 PM, OZONE LOUNGE AT ANTHONY’S STEAKHOUSE, FREE. OPEN MIC NIGHT! AT RED9, 8 PM, RED9, FREE. WAITING ROOM MUSIC QUIZ, 8 PM, WAITING ROOM, FREE. MIDWEST ELITE CONCERTS PRESENTS: NEW MUSIC MONDAY - IN THE ATTACK W/ EMPYREAN DIVIDE & STALEMATE, (Blues) 8 pm, Waiting Room, FREE. ZOO BAR HOUSE BAND, 7 pm, Zoo Bar, $3. PIANO HOUR W/ EMILY BASS, 5 pm, Zoo Bar, contact the Zoo Bar for cover charge.
TUESDAY 21
VIC NASTY, 8 pm, Bar 415, Contact the venue for cover charge. OPEN MIC NIGHT, 9:30 pm, Dubliner Pub, Free. MCMULLEN TO PRESENT WORKS BY BRITISH COMPOSERS, (Classical) 7:30 pm, Kimball Recital Hall, Free and open to the public. SEVEN DOCTORS PROJECT IX READING & FUNDRAISER, (Rock) 7 pm, Slowdown, FREE. OPEN MIC NIGHT, (Folk/Singer-Songwriter) 8 pm, Venue 51, FREE. JAZZOCRACY, (Jazz) 6 pm, Zoo Bar, No Cover. DJ RELIC SOUL PARTY, 8 pm, Zoo Bar, FREE.
WEDNESDAY 22
DICEY RILEYS, 7 pm, Brazen Head Irish Pub, Free. CHRIS SHELTON, (Rock) 9 pm, Firewater Grille, Check venue for cover charge. LE FIGS DUO, (Blues) 9 pm, Venue 51, FREE. TATONKA W/PURE BROWN AND THUNDERSANDWICH, 9 pm, Zoo Bar, $5.
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The International Blues Challenge (IBC) sponsored by the national Blues Foundation is one of blues music’s biggest events. This year’s 30th Annual IBC is Jan. 21 – 25 in Memphis, Tenn. Heading through the area on their way from Seattle to the IBCs is the Randy Oxford Band. Seen in Omaha previously as part of the Playing with Fire concert series, the band’s six-piece blues and funk is anchored by high-energy frontman Randy Oxford on trombone and sassy, sultry vocalist Jada Amy. Check them out at therandyoxfordband. com. The Randy Oxford Band plays The 21st Saloon Thursday, Jan 16, 6-9 p.m. Local BluesEd youth band Us & Them will open the show at 5:30 p.m. SHADOWBOXERS CD RELEASE: Also getting ready to hit the road for the IBCs in Memphis is Josh Hoyer & the Shadowboxers. The Lincoln band was selected by the Blues Society of Omaha’s 2013 Nebraska Blues Challenge to represent the BSO. The Shadowboxers hosts a CD/album release show Friday, Jan. 17, after 9 p.m. at Lincoln’s Bourbon Theatre, $5 cover. Also on the bill are Funk Trek, A Ferocious Jungle Cat and DJ Relic. Hoyer and his band are a group of seasoned musicians. Hoyer has
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grown into a commanding vocalist who knows how to work the songs and infuses fresh, raw emotion into the vintage soul tunes in their repertoire. The band has a version of James Brown’s “It’s a Man’s World” in their set list that is jaw-droppingly powerful. On their way to Memphis, The Shadowboxers band has dates at Knucklehead’s in Kansas City (Jan. 18), BB’s in St. Louis (Jan. 19) and The Alamo in Springfield, Ill. (Jan 20). If you have musicloving friends in any of those cities, send them to joshhoyerandtheshadowboxers.com for details and recordings of the band. For more information on the International Blues Challenge go to blues.org/ibc. (Full disclosure: I am an advisor to the BSO and to the Nebraska Blues Challenge event.) HOT NOTES: 40SINNERS plays Venue 51’s Friday Afternoon Club Friday, Jan. 17, 6-8 p.m. HearNebraska.org’s Take Cover Omaha fundraiser is Saturday, Jan. 18, 9 p.m., at Waiting Room with 15 local musicians covering a song by a Nebraska songwriter and performing one of their own songs. The roots-country-folk of Matt Cox and The Allendales is at the Zoo Bar Saturday, Jan. 18, after 9 p.m. The gritty blues and roots music of Kansas-based Telarc recording artists Moreland & Arbuckle hits The 21st Saloon next Thursday, Jan. 23, 6-9 p.m. ,
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t least two U.S. medical schools so far are early adopters of Dr. Benjamin Lok’s and Dr. Carla Pugh’s “Robot Butt” for teaching doctors-in-training to properly (and compassionately) administer prostate exams. The robot, bent over a desk to simulate the patient profile, has sensors to alert the students if they dig too deeply or quickly for comfort. Other sensors enable a check on eye contact to evaluate “bedside manner.” (News of the Weird reported a similar innovation in 2012 by Nobuhiro Takahashi, whose model’s “sphincter” has the ability to “clench up” if the probing becomes too distressing.) [Huffington Post, 11-13-2013] The Continuing Crisis Neuroscientist James Fallon, fascinated by the brains of serial killers, experienced a seminal career moment in 2005 when he realized that his own brain scan was a dead-on match for the typical psychopath’s. Subsequent self-examination revealed him to be, he said, a “pro-social psychopath,” displaying traits similar to a killer’s (aggressiveness, low empathy) and different (“killing” opponents only in games and debate, with little compassion for their haplessness). “I’m kind of an asshole,” he admitted, according to a November report by The Smithsonian, “and I do jerky things that piss people off.” Fallon failed to break bad, he guesses, because he “was loved (growing up), and that protected me.” He figures he has not kicked his pathology but rather strives “to show to everyone and myself that I can pull (this balancing act) off.” [Smithsonianmag. com, 11-22-2013] -- Sucker’s Game: (1) Homeless man James Brady had his New Jersey state benefits cut off in October for “hiding” income. He had found $850 on a sidewalk in April and turned it in; when no one came forward, it was returned to him, though he was unaware that he needed to report it as “income.” (2) A
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16-year-old Fox Chapel, Pa., boy realized at a football game in September that he was inadvertently carrying a pocket knife and conscientiously turned it in to a security guard -- which earned him a 10-day school suspension. The school’s “zero tolerance” rule, said the boy’s father, “sends a message (that) you should probably lie.” (3) Betty Green was fired as clerk at the Speedway gas station in Lexington, Ky., in November when she “just said no” to an armed robber, who smiled and walked out. Company rules require always giving up the money. Said Green, “I don’t think anybody knows what you are going to do until it happens to you.” [Associated Press via ABC News, 11-10-2013] [KDKA-TV (Pittsburgh), 9-16-2013] [WLEX- TV (Lexington), 11-6-2013] In November, the senior class president of Northwest Christian University in Eugene, Ore., “came out” -- as an atheist. Eric Fromm, 21, is apparently popular on campus, and an ABC News report revealed that he was under no pressure to resign or drop out. Said the director of university relations, “All of our students are on a journey. ... We as an institution meet students where they are at.” Fromm said he was impressed with the school right from his initial visit. “No one was speaking in tongues or handling snakes, so I decided to stay.” [ABC News, 11-11-2013]
Bright Ideas Not the Usual Modus Operandi: (1) The vandalism of Marion County High School in Jasper, Tenn., on the eve of a big football game in November was not, after all, the work of arch-rival South Pittsburg -- notwithstanding the clues. The South Pittsburg markings were apparently made by Marion County teacher-coach Michael Schmitt, who was arrested. He told officers he was only trying to inspire the team (which lost anyway, 35-17). (2) Police in Urunga, Australia, charged teacher Andrew Minisini in December with taking three female students to a motel, giving them alcohol and seducing them -- not into sex, but into vandalizing the residence of one of Minisini’s former colleague rivals. [Times Free Press (Chattanooga), 11-13-2013] [Sydney Morning Herald, 12-6-2013]
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-- A government-subsidized, foundation-supported program for alcoholics in Amsterdam announced a “welfare”/”work” program offering the city’s drunks the equivalent of about $14 a day -- and five free cans of beer -- for several hours of street-cleaning. Some beneficiaries told London’s The Independent, in a November dispatch, that, of course, they intended to use the cash to buy even more beer. [The Independent, 11-20-2013] Democracy Blues In November, Dave Wilson, a white conservative candidate for the board of the Houston Community College System, pulled off an astonishing victory over the African-American incumbent, by distributing campaign materials that made him -- Wilson -- appear to be black and thus the favorite of African-Americans. Wilson’s brochures depicting black “supporters” were all, he later said, copied from the Internet. [KHOU-TV, 11-10-2013] Recurring Themes In 2001, German computer repairman Armin Meiwes captured world attention when he was convicted of killing, and then sauteeing and eating parts of a Berlin engineer of particularly low self-esteem, who had offered himself on a German cannibal-fetish website. In November 2013, police in the German state of Saxony were investigating human body parts found at a bed-and-breakfast run by “Detlef G.,” suggesting the parts were from “Wojciech S.,” who frequented a cannibal-fetish website and who had traveled to meet Detlef -- and that the parts had been found in an area of the grounds used for “grilling.” The investigation is continuing. [Spiegel Online, 11-29-2013, 12-4-2013] The Aristocrats! Selfies: Cornelius Fergueson, 45, a psychologist for the Philadelphia Family Court System, was arrested in December for allegedly masturbating in front of his office
window. Edward Alvin, 34, was arrested on a similar charge in November, in the lobby of the DMV office in West Palm Beach, Fla. Brian Hounslow, 37, was arrested in November (similar charge) in the ladies’ room at a Tulsa, Okla., Walmart. (Asked the bewildered woman who called security: “Who gets up at 8:30 in the morning and decides they’re going to go to Walmart, take off all their clothes, and masturbate in the woman’s bathroom?”) [Philly.com, 12-5-2013] [South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 1112-2013] [KJRH-TV (Tulsa), 11-20-2013]
Suspicions Confirmed During the September Guantanamo Bay trial of five people charged in connection in the 9/11 attacks, defense lawyers continued to complain that their “confidential” client information was being leaked from the poorly secured “classified” Pentagon computer network. Said the lead defense counsel (Air Force Col. Karen Mayberry), the normal Department of Defense “classified” network is so porous that she has been forced to use the Wi-Fi at the local Guantanamo Starbucks, which she regards as more secure. [Reuters via DigitalOne.com (Singapore), 9-20-2013] People With Issues A condominium association in Niles, Ill., is debating whether to pursue Norman Kazmierski since he has now moved. As a resident, he was accused of keying cars, egging hallways, disabling the emergency sprinkler system, and leaving several pounds of excrement in buildings in protest of alleged mistreatment. The association said it all started when one resident asked Kazmierski to please park his car between the lines so that parking spaces could be used more efficiently. [Chicago Sun-Times, 11-23-2013] ,
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each character a funny voice I use out loud. n Also in February, Film Streams wants you to get Fackler-ed. That is to say, the theater is holding a special filmmakers’ screening of Omaha-based director Nik Fackler’s Sick Birds Die Easy Feb. 11 at 7 pm. The movie sounds…well it sounds totally insane. A group of bohemians went to the jungles of Africa, did crazy drugs and filmed it. Come and see what is sure to be Rob Ford’s favorite film, as Fackler promises insight into post-colonialism and the apocalypse. n Not to be left out, Aksarben Cinema has their eyes set on Africa as well. On Jan 30, the theater will be showing Rising from the Ashes, a documentary about a famous cyclist who moves to Rwanda to help survivors of genocide by encouraging them to engage in his sport. The film is about stopping the cycle of tragedy. Your heart will ride down a hopeful path. You’re sure to bike it. There, I’m done. n They’re making The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2, which will feature the return of Judi Dench, Maggie Smith and Bill Nighy and add Richard Gere and David Strathairn to the cast. This is a huge, allstar cast of well-known aged actors. What else features that? The Expendables. I won’t sleep until we get The Best Expendable Marigold Hotel: Blood War. —Ryan Syrek Cutting Room provides breaking local and national movie news … complete with added sarcasm. Send any relevant information to film@thereader.com. Check out Ryan on Movieha!, a weekly half-hour movie podcast (movieha.libsyn.com/rss), catch him on the radio on CD 105.9 (cd1059.com) on Fridays around 7:30 a.m. and on KVNO 90.7 (kvno.org) at 8:30 a.m. on Fridays and follow him on Twitter (twitter.com/thereaderfilm).
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he most laughable part of Her isn’t the complex, sophisticated romantic relationship between a man and his software operating system; it’s the high-waisted, Clint Eastwood-esque pants everybody wears. Forget flying cars; just promise us a future where we don’t have to unzip to scratch our bellybuttons. To be fair, this silly fashion is a logical extension of the oversized, lensless glasses and various goofy-ass ac-
Only, just what that “profound truth” is will kind of vary person-to-person, however. Some will see Her as an indictment of what we’ve done to ourselves by digitizing human interaction. Others will choose instead to focus on the hopeful concept that every time we
cessories that define hipster-chic, which actually speaks to what makes Her so remarkable. To borrow a phrase from Jonze’s good friend, Kanye, the film manages to “pop a wheelie on the zeitgeist,” using near-future sci-fi to draw stylish attention to the moment in our present when human interaction seems to be evolving. Joaquin Phoenix is Theodore, a mustachioed dweeb whose job is writing beautiful love letters for other people to give to people. Good lord is that depressing, if you think about it. You want sadder still? Theodore’s wife (Rooney Mara) is divorcing him, causing him Instagramstyle flashbacks of the cutest, cuddliest, sexiest memories all day. Dude needs a partner or a hobby…fast. Along comes Samantha (Scarlet Johansson), an artificially intelligent software operating system. If someone isn’t working on a mashup between Terminator and Her, then the Internet has failed, as these systems keep evolving in scary ways humans can’t predict. Samantha and Theodore fall in love. Real love. Deep love. In a conversation with his newly single and human friend Amy (Amy Adams), we discover that he isn’t alone; other people are dating their O.S.s. too. In fact, some people are dating other people’s O.S.s. This leads to a final act that uses science fiction conceits to drive home a profound truth.
love, no matter how we do it, it helps change the person we are. There’s more than that though, as Jonze urges us to revise the one constant in all our relationships: ourselves. Phoenix is breathtaking. He gets more attention for gnashing and spazzing, for violent outbursts like in The Master or drug-fueled depression in Walk the Line, but this is more impressive. One wrong step by him, and Her would have been an unintentional laugh riot. Johansson is equally remarkable. Saying her appearance-free work here is her best since Lost in Translation feels like an insult until you see it…or hear it, you get the idea. Her wasn’t as fantastically profound emotionally as the similarly toned Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. It lopes a bit in the middle when you want it to run. If you bought the premise initially, the trailer pretty much spells out all the emotions you’ll have. Still, it’s one of the most original relationship movies in years, and will leave you reflecting on the global evolution of love as well as your own individual progress.
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n Be honest: The Hitchcock 9 sounds like a Tarantino-invented squad of assassins that dress in costume from Alfred Hitchcock movies, doesn’t it? No. Just me then. From Feb. 13 through April 3, Film Streams at the Ruth Sokolof Theater will be keeping very quiet about the famous director. That is to say, they’ll be showing the nine surviving silent Hitchcock films, one each Thursday, with almost all of them accompanied by live musicians. That sounds slightly more sophisticated than the way I watch silent films, which is give
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire A The best sci-fi sequel since Empire Strikes Back. Nebraska BAnother nice, quiet, muted film from the master. READER RECOMMENDS
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues ADocumentary on the use of tridents and Sex Panthers. Frozen AEither a throwback to the modern-classic Disney period or the start of a new one.
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Ain’t Them Bodies Saints A An outlaw fairy tale that’s equal parts Shakespeare and Terrence Malick. Kick-Ass 2 C Asses are kicked but you won’t care much. The Lone Ranger F Prompts lots of discussion: like is it more racist or more stupid?
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ealth insurance enrollment numbers for state and federal Marketplaces have been on a steady incline since their introduction. In December, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services enthusiastically announced that enrollment numbers throughout the month of November were four times greater than those from October, and by the time the year was over, estimates from the Los Angeles Times placed total enrollment from 2013 somewhere around 9 million people insured, if not more. These numbers aren’t saying that 9 million people who didn’t have health insurance are now insured, but rather that 9 million people have found new coverage through the state and federal Marketplaces. Those who already have coverage are not included within these numbers, but the numbers do include those signing up for Medicaid.
Encouraging Numbers The numbers are encouraging, especially after the initial rocky start for open enrollment. CoOportunity Health recently announced that their enrollment numbers exceeded their enrollment goals so far. CoOportunity Health is a new non-profit health insurance co-op serving Nebraska and Iowa. With a first-year goal of 12,000 members and a second year goal of 31,000 members, the current enrollment of more than 35,000 members translates into earlier success than expected.
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Big, yet little, change An independent study estimates that at the end of President Obama’s term in office, there will still be 30 million uninsured individuals within the United States. These are just estimates, of course, and with ample time remaining for people to enroll, this number may wind up smaller than estimated. The Huffington Post reports that state Marketplaces are outperforming the federal Marketplace in enrollment.
There’s still time to enroll Open enrollment is available through March 31, 2014. You can enroll outside of the open enrollment period if you get married, have a baby, or some other qualifying event. If you don’t enroll during the open enrollment and don’t qualify for enrollment at another time because of a special event, you’re going to have to wait until 2015 to get health insurance. That’s a long time to wait for coverage.
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