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ODD? STRANGE, CURIOUS AND WEIRD BUT TRUE NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE GLOBE Lucky Guess British cosmologist Paul Davies, 48, won this years $1 million Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion for his theory that the world has meaning.

Droppin$& on th4 Campaign Trail Americas 10 richest people, lie. worth a combined $64 billion, contributed only $142,000 to congressional campaigns last year.

Media consultant Don Sweitzer explained their apparent stinginess by noting, "The super, super rich can get through to anybody.

They have all the access they need^ Besides, they don't have to bother with U.S. senators.

They talk to kings, prime ministers and presidents."

• After marrying ketchup heiress Teresa Heinz in May, Senator John Kerry, $1 (D-MA), promised not to touch his wife's $675 million to finance his re-election campaign, so long as potential rivals agreed not to use any of their family's money. "But," he warned, "if someone else gets in with all kinds of personal money, that's a different ball game."

• Wendy Lee Gramm, 50, wife of presidential candidate Senator Phil Gramm (R-TX), announced that she would campaign for her husband by in-line skating 213 miles across western Maryland last July. She covered 105 miles in two days before collapsing from heat exhaustion and spending two nights in the hospital.

• Considering another run for governor of Louisiana, former Ku Kiux Klan leader David Duke, 44, proposed that people with AIDS should be tattooed in their genital area with glow-in-t he-dark ink.

'John Anderson, 37, of Berkeley springs, West Virginia, placed an ad ad in the the March March 229 9 bAormn Messenger announcing he was seeking his states gubernatorial nornination. In the April 5 issue, Anderson took

out a second ad retracting the first, explaining, "I had just been discharged from the hospital under heavy medication."

• Accusing the Kremlin of being a den of vodka-swilling bureaucrats, the secretary of Russia's 50,000member Beer Lovers' Party urged voters to elect more beer drinkers.

"People who drink vodka are harsh and mean, while people who drink beer ate soft and nice," Dmitry Shestakov told a Moscow news conference in August. "We want to put beer drinkers in the Kremlin, and everything will be alright."

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in the Family A man who was born in

London as a woman and changed sex sued the British government in the European Court in Strasbourg, France, to be recognized as the father of his female partners child. The child was born through artificial insemination in 1992, but English law prevents the man from registering as tthe h e child's child's father because, beranse. although it recognizes the paternity of the male partner of a woman who conceives by artificial insemination, it forbids people from changing sex legally even after they do so medically.

• After learning that his teen-age children were actually fathered by another man as a ^ result of his wife's "many years of adultery, deceit and fraud," retired doctor Robert E Lang sued the biological father in Salt Lake City to be repaid the cost of raising them.

Suspicion Confirmed In the wake of Department of Transportation statistics that 2.3 million passengers last year filed reports of lost, delayed, damaged or pilfered luggage, the Associated Press reported that airlines sell lost luggage and other items left behind on commercial flights to a private company, Unclaimed . " Baggage Center, which resells them at its three stores in northern Alabama. American Airlines spokesperson Joe Crawley insisted airlines try to find the owners of

ieft-behind items, then after three months sell what they can. Delta Air Lines' Todd Clay said .

Unclaimed Baggage is "about the only people who ever bid on it."

The AP reported in August that the Unclaimed Baggage store in Scottsboro, Alabama was selling name-brand suits starting at $50, $20 dresses, used Jockey shorts for $1, red-laced panties and matching bra for $2, half a jar of Stridex acne pads for $2.10 and handcuffs for $4 a pair. Names embossed on leather-bound Bibles priced at $4 were scratched off with a pen, and books have pages torn out where a name may have been written.

Body Parts Brazil's government canceled a $5-miliion safe-sex campaign featuring a talking penis after two groups complained. The Catholic Church objected because the television ads promote condom use, which Raimundo Damasceno Assis of the National Council of Brazilian Bishops said encourages sexual promiscuity. People named Braulio protested because that was the chatty organs moniker.

Braulio is a common family and first name, but Health Minister Adib Jatene cited a survey showing it also is a common nickname for a penis. First to threaten a lawsuit was Sao Paulo law professor Braulio Monte Jr. He insisted that having a talking penis named Braulio on TV could damage him professionally.

• In New York, Domingo Morales, hospitalized after his penis was severed, told police an enraged prostitute did it. Two days later, he admitted making up the story to avoid ridicule. He really cut himself making a guitar.

The organ, which Morales put in a kitchen container, couldn't be reattached.

• An immigration agent at Toronto's Pearson International Airport was suspended after he ordered people entering Canada to remove their shoes and socks.

The agent, whom officials acknowledged had been counseled four times for similar complaints, told the people that official policy required them to remove their footwear so he could,photograph their feet.

• Police in Cook, Australia, accused Thomas Borkman, 24, of breaking into the apartment of a 31-year-old woman who had never met hitjnt and super-gluing his face to the sole of her foot while she slept. Emergency surgeons needed three hours to separate his face from her foot. A police official speculated that Borkman's motive "had some sexual significance."

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Irving Smith's story in your October 18th issue. I emphasize the word story, because most of it is fiction, though this was not pointed out to your readers. Unlike Irving, I will back up the generalization I just made with specific supporting statements. But first, I would ask you if you feel any responsibility for reporting the truth in your fledgling publication. Now is the time to decide, for your answer will determine the direction that your paper will develop, and how readers will repond to you. If you answer in favor of the truth, then please print my letter so we can get a few things straight.

The only attribution that Irving gave in his story, other than philosophical statements from Alan Davis of Catamount and Alan Newman of Magic Hat was a quote from Roger a Clapp at the Vt. Department d 1 ^ Agriculture. Mr. Clapp said that "Vermont has the most breweries per capita of any state in the union." Though attributed to a source, the statement-is wrong. According to the Institute for Brewing Studies, Vermont is third in that ranking to Colorado and Oregon, respectively. (David Edgar, New Brewer, Jul.-Aug. '95) Irving wrote about an experimental hop farm but neglected to mention that our company backed it financially. We are very interested in the concept of using Vermont-grown hops in beer. Our Harvest Ale features Vermont-grown hops. We were about to use the last of our own 1995 crop and were interested in learning what kind of results John Blumberg had.

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made a very wrong statement without backing, it up. If it's an opinion, who in the world is Irving Smith? Nowhere in the story does Irving establish credentials as an authority on beer.

After reading the story, I question his credentials as a journalist.

Irving later states: "Quality at Long Trail during the past year has not always matched that of its earlier successful years." Irving, where is your efnpirical test data? How do you define quality? At the Mountain Brewers, where Long Trail is brewed, we have page after page of test data which shows improvement of our beers in such quality factors of clarity, presence of oxidation, shelf life and overall taste. These records are available for inspection by any qualified person, and I invite Irving to inspect them too.

In a sense, a final measure of quality is sales.

Year to date, Vermont's retail stores have purchased more gallons of Long Trail beers than that of any other Vermont brewery. (Source: Vermont Wholesale Beverage Assocation) Later in his story, Irving describes Long Trail Ale as "an excellent exajnple" of pale ale. Long Trail Ale is an altbier. It says so on the label. In 1990, the professional blind tasting panel of the Great American Beer Festival (GABF), the one that Greg Noonan is part of, awarded Long Trail Ale a Silver Medal in the Altbier category.

The following year, Long Trail Ale was chosen as the best example of an altbier that this country produced, and took the Gold Medal for it at GABF. Moreover, if Long Trail Ale is (presenttense) an "excellent example" of any beer style, how can it be that "it's getting tired out there on the Trail?" It sounds like more like it's getting tired out there on the typewriter.

Irving describes the Harvest Ale style as "the ale version of an Octoberfest." I didn't know there was a style of beer called Harvest Ale. I do know that we make a seasonal brew called Harvest Ale, based on a British style of beer called "bitter," which features hops which we grew at our brewery.

I would hope that Irving dreamt up his piece of fiction all by himself, and not under the direction of his beer guides, Greg and Continued on page 10

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Dear Cecil, What's the Straight Dope on Charles lutwidge Dodgson, known to millions as Lewis Carroll, and his unusual interest in prepubescent girls? Was he a, well, you know? What can you tell us about his relationship with Alice liddell, the real-life inspiration tor Alice in Wonderland? And what was going on with those photographs he took, anyway? Does Newt Gingrich know about this?

- Paul H. Henty Lawrence, Kansas

If you're asking whether Lewis Carroll was a, well, Republican, I confess I do not know. He was shy, eccentric and seemingly incapable of having a mature relationship with a woman, but this cannot be said of all members of the GOP. Gingrich sure isn't shy. But perhaps what you're asking is whether Dodgson was a deve. His interest in little girls was such that he probably wouldn't be the first guy you'd think of to put in charge of your daughter s Brownie troop, but for the most part he seems to have been harmless. A lifelong bachelor with a stammer, he was uncomfortable among adults and could relax only with little girls, who were amused by his stories and games.

Dodgson's biggest crush was on Alice Liddell, daughter of a dean at Oxford; where the author of "Jabberwocky" taught mathematics. Dodgson saw her often over a 10-year period, but drifted away after she reached puberty — a typical pattern for him. Some believe he asked her parents for permission to marry her and was rebuffed, but it seems out of character, like a proposal from Mister Rogers. Whatever his intentions, on '' the surface he was always the proper Victorian gent. ^ Then again, we do have those nude photographs. An enthusiastic amateur photographer, Dodgson took thousands of pictures, many of them portraits of his little friends. Everybody was clothed at first, but in the late 1870s, when Dodgson was in his mid-40s, he tried to shoot some of the girls in the buff — not an easy thing to arrange. He did a few nude studies of young female models and went prospecting among the families of his friends and acquaintances.

In 1879 Dodgson sent Several curious letters, republished a while back in Harper's, to the family of Andrew Mayhew, an Oxford colleague. He asked permission to take nude photographs of the three Mayhew daughters ages six, 11 and 13, with no other adults present. When the parents nixed the idea of no chaperone, Dodgson lost interest. He did succeed in doing nudes of other girls, bw* usually by agreeing to let their moms hover nearby.

In 1880 Dodgson gave up photography forever. Too much heat? Nobody knows, although around the same time he got flak for kissing one of his girlfriends. At any rate the nude photos and plates were returned to the families of the subjects or destroyed upon his death, and none has ever come to light. If at this point you're waiting for a segue into satanic rituals and doing it with cucumbers...sorry, partner. So far as is known, Dodgson never had a sexual relationship with another human being, and his right hand ain't talking.

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MT. HO-HO The scent of revoluton is in the air.

History will record that in October 1995, after four years of extraordinarily high approval ratings, Democratic Governor Howard Brush Dean peaked on top of Mt. Ho-Ho. With Contract with America funding cuts looming over the state like the shadow of a wolf on the chicken coop door, Democratic Speaker of the House Michael Obuchowski formally parted company with the good doctor: "There's a lack of leadership and a lack of vision at the highest levels of the state of Vermont," declared Obie, "and I mean Howard Dean."

The split between Obie and Ho-Ho — the woodchuck and the flatlander — has been building for quite some time.

Last April as the legislature was shutting down, Obie was publicly calling on Ho-Ho to take a "leadership role" on property tax reform. Obie said it. was the duty of a speaker to "worry the governor the way a wolf worries a sheep." Now it appears Obie has designated the governor as a menu item and the sit-down leg of lamb dinner will be next September in the Democratic Primary. The speaker says he so ticked off at Ho-Ho he's thinking about backing a Democratic challenger to Dean in the

it was a shot heard round the state.

What's going on is, the liberals are finally coming out from under their rocks in an attempt to steer the Democratic Party to the left, i.e., the land of Bernie Sanders. For the past four years Ho-Ho has shunned the liberals. From here on in, they'll be in his face.

Dr. Dean, after all, defines himself as a "moderate Democrat." Playing smartly to the broad middle of the electorate has been the key to his sparkling success. Republicans love "moderate Democrats," and so far they've loved Howard Dean.

"The Democratic caucus is going through a very difficult time," Dr. Dean told Inside Track Monday night in a telephone interview from the Palmer House in Chicago. The swath of Newt's blade is descending upon Vermont with funding cuts in heating assistance, Medicare and Medicaid.

Obie wants to fill in the gaps with state funds raised through tax increases. Ho-Ho won't hear of it. "We don't need to raise taxes," he said, "certainly not the income tax."

That's been Ho-Ho's mantra — no income-tax hike, no way, no how. That's what the business community loves to hear. It's also what Vermonters with big bucks love to hear. But Michael Obuchowski does not believe the way to build a better

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Vermont is to protect the haves while the have-nots are being gored. The other day, Obie told Inside Track, he recently got a telephone call from an 82-yearold constituent in his Bellows Falls district who was worried sick about being able to pay her heating bills this winter. "I just couldn't take it anymore," said Obuchowski, who added he's decided to take things "to the Vermont side of the aisle."

One big card he's playing is called Steve Howard. L'il Stevie Wonder is a 24-year-old state rep from Rutland who's made his mark as Obie's lieutenant and gopher. He's also the only declared candidate for chair of the state Democratic Party. The vote will be November 11.

In his announcement speech last week, Li'l Stevie Wonder (known in G.O.P. circles as "Li'l Stevie Blunder"), set the tone for the new re-energized Vermont Democratic Party as he took out his sword and slashed away at the Republicans' "politics of hate and rhetoric of fear." Li'l Stevie said it's time to take the Dems back to "the moral center." It's time, he said, "to take the

gloves off."

Four days later after Gen. Obuchowski had unloaded on Ho Ho, Li'l Stevie Wonder, the soon-to-be-chair of the Democratic Party, was in the awkward position of defending Howard Dean. "I think there is a vision there," insisted Steve Howard countering Obie's charges. "His heart is in the right place." Li'l Stevie said "we have to give Howard some chances to connect with the left. I'll help him do it."

Rep. Howard agrees with Obie that the way to go is to fill in the gaps in Newt's cuts "with state funds" and, he said, the governor will come around on that."

Don't hold your breath.

The rebellion is underway.

Howard Dean's star has reached its zenith. A civil war in the Vermont Democratic Party is now out in the open. It's not completely out of character.

Even Li'l Stevie Wonder acknowledged, "We have a tendency to eat our own Althea Later — Eric Benson, executive director of the Vermont Association of County Judges, told Inside

Track this week it was his idea to give Assistant Judges Althea Kroger and Elizabeth Gretkowski that ridiculous "homework assignment" in the middle of last week's investigative hearings. Needless to*say, they didn't do their homework.

There's been too much water over the dam.

On the final day of hearings Probate Judge Sue Fowler was on the stand and was shown a transcript of a March meeting she'd had with Kroger in Kroger's office. Althea was signing "under protest" the voucher for a $3000 computer system for the Probate Court.

She was also secretly taping the meeting. Way to go, Althea!

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Depends on who you talk to about the former — or suspended — manager of Memorial Auditorium.

David Archer was fingerprinted, photographed and cited last Friday on grand larceny charges for allegedly stealing more than $500 from Memorial Auditorium. Details of the' theft have not been disclosed because the case is still under investigation.

"The only I thing I know is that my tenure at Memorial Auditorium is over," says Archer, suggesting the problem is less about embezzlement than "political and personality stuff." Burlington City Arts hired Archer to manage Memorial two years ago when it took on the building in a double-edged deal to save its budget. Fast-talking Archer seemed like the man for the job — a contractor, custodian and rock promoter rolled into one. "He was thoroughly checked out," City Arts Director Doreen Kraft says of the hiring process. She also stresses that Archer has been suspended, not fired, pending a city personnel hearing. Whatever the outcome, the 47-year-old does not seem inclined to return to his old job.

"You couldn't beg me to go back there," he says. "I've just been kicked in the balls." According to Archer, he's been planning to get out of Dodge for a while now — one of many details left out of a cover story praising Archer and his "lasting memorial" in a recent issue of Vox. "I dedicated the last two years of my life to changing Memorial from a pit to a nice place to be," he says.

"Now it's time to move on." Way to go.

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they are not discussing the federal budget, or public education, or Bill, Madeleine Kunin and Hillary Clinton talk hair. Kunin still gets hers done in Vermont — by hair stylist extraordinaire Walter Wood. Only recently did she catch on that he doubles as a body piercer. "She was very intrigued," Wood reports. "She wanted to know all about it."

Hillary, on the other hand, was more interested in the Vermontmade Kunin coif, which Wood describes as "close around the ears and back of the head, nice and full on top. Makes her look important." Like the former governor, who spends a lot of ink agonizing over hair in her autobiography, Living a Political Life, Clinton is acutely aware of the politics of dooing it right. Wood is ready and willing to take on the First Lady. "I wouldn't charge her half the fee," he hints. "I'd even pay my way down."

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Musicians think they've got it bad. Try finding toe shoes in Vermont. Not to mention a class to wear them in.

The good news for classical ballet dancers is that Shelley Ismail is back in town, teaching at the Movement Center in Essex — one of her students, 17-year-old Annie Waltz, just got snatched up by the feeder school for Les Grands Ballets Canadiens. The bad news is that she is going back to the Bahamas at the end of next summer . . . After commuting back and forth to Vermont for years, Richard Gonzales is putting down roots in the chilly soil of Shelburne. The Latino mover has changed a lot since he put dancers through the paces in sweaty sessions above Tubbs Restaurant in Montpelier. "It's no longer boogie your butt," he explains from home in Brooklyn. "We have a community of dancers who are on a more spiritual level." Gonzales plans to assemble a small troupe to bring Caribbean-influenced dances into Vermont schools. He'll teach a class every Friday night at Edmunds.

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What does every Phishhead want for Christmas?

Bumper stickers for life? A boodeg tape from the Garden? A miracle? What they'll get — this year, anyway — is a concert close enough to hitchhike to. Phish plays December 16 and 17 at the Olympic Arena in Lake Placid. Tickets go on sale next Friday . . . "A little more attitude, a little more oomph" is what deejays are promising "after eight" ofi WNCS. "Everything is experimental now," Chris Griffin says of the station's plan to air more local, eclectic music on the "modern side of things." Says Griffin, who is seeking "colorful characters" to sit in, "We want to sound like we are hanging out at Nectar's."•

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Eartha Kitt's sultry insouciance.

Joan Baez's crystal purity. Janis Joplin's edgy rawness.

I've got another candidate for the list. She's from Vermont, and nobody outside of Vermont has ever heard of her. So far.

She's Tammy Fletcher, lead singer for The Disciples and star of David Budbill's currently-touring play, Little Acts of Kindness.

The first time I saw Fletcher was at Burlington's Discover Jazz Festival. She and fellow Disciples were performing Sunday morning at the Gospel Tent. The night before, someone had insisted that I go hear her, and I had resisted. I'm one of those guys who believes you can't get real Chinese food in an American restaurant, nobody makes cannolis like Italians, and white folks can't sing gospel. So I was less than enthusiastic 1 about a group of white folks called The Disciples, whose keyboard player was named Shapiro and whose singer hailed from Eden, Vermont.

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I was wrong. Less than 10 minutes into the concert, I was a true believer. Andy Shapiro turned out to be a master on ' the keys and Tammy Fletcher turned out to be a goddess.

There she stood, looking like Mama Cass and sounding like Janis-Joplin-meets-BigMama-Thornton.

Her body, face and ft vocal chords expressed every nuance, every feeling of every song.

Her delivery went right to the soul of both the music and the audience.

Three words came to me: Big. Grace.

Power.

No one who's heard Fletcher sing can doubt her power. Her raspy angel voice can fill a room, a tent, a field. Her delivery is so strong that, when her microphone died in the middle of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the Johnson Mud Bog Race last year, she simply cupped her hands and poured out the anthem unamplified. She got a standing ovation.

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Sunday morning at the Gospel Tent, I could not keep still. My knees jiggled, my feet tapped and, finally, I stood up and danced with joyous ecstasy. And I'm Jewish.

By the end of the show, I wanted to know everything about this woman. Who is she?

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ammy Fletcher lives on a dirt road off a dirt road in the windswept hills of Eden. She shares a small cedar home with her 12-year-old son, Dakota, a three-legged dog named Webster and a cat named Zucchini. Her living

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room walls are bare but for a few flower prints; her tables are stacked with copies of National Geographic, Better Homes & Gardens and Gourmet. The kitchen is plastered with pictures of family and friends. One reveals a younger, thinner Tammy Fletcher with the man next to her razorbladed out of the 99 photo.

Fletcher is feeling shaky.

The previous night, she'd had a panic attack in anticipation of 99 my coming. It was her first visit from an inquiring writer. Her head was a cyclone of thoughts, among them: Only a year ago I had nothing. ..and this writer's coming tomorrow to uncover my secrets. How much should I reveal? How much can I conceal?

Not much, as it turned out.

Within two minutes of my arrival, she blurts out the story of her panic attack — which required the dispensations of an EMT squad. She laughs about it now. "I thought I was having

I do love bourbon, she admits with a grin. "And a good cigar on occasion.

How did she get this way?

When was she going to hit the big time? I decided to meet her before she does.

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up.

I ask her how she got that way. She stretches out on the couch and begins. "I was born in Springfield, Vermont, on March 10, 1961. At two, my mother divorced my father and moved the family to an old stable in Benson — a place with grass growing through the floor.

She had seven kids; I was the last."

Fletcher grew up on country music: Merle Haggard, Tammy Wynette, Hank Snow. And she grew up poor. "My mother worked for years as a domestic and as a worker in a wig-making factory," she tells me. "I remember her coming home reeking of chemicals and so tired she just slumped over the bed."

The only member of her family to go to college — though she never graduated — Fletcher has supported herself and her son working as a highschool tutor, a road-crew flaggirl, a heavy-equipment driver, a waitress and a bartender.

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Some of those musical artist types live right here in Vermont, where the wind really does howl and the mountain roads are often covered with ice. The bearers of song might be tortured with flat tires, closed gas stations in the middle of the night, brain-dead fatigue and other realities of touring. And so — until graduating to roadies and cushy tour buses — goes the not-so-glamorous life of a band on the road. Never mind if the crowd loves you, fans buy you beer, and you actually get paid for a

gig. You still have to get back into that embattled car/van/truck and drive somewhere after the show. And the nights aren't exactly about revelations, poetic triumph and the unwavering bonds of friendship

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"In all his infinite wisdom [former guitarist] Scooter takes a right-hand turn into a very shady snowmobile repair shop.

Instead of pulling to the side of the road and calling for help, he drives into the back of the parking lot in between Novas and Camaros and pulls up beside this dog house, out of which spring two very large Dobermans bark-

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Smith recounts that the apparent ringleader of this hostile gang then asked, "So, you guys come here to get dograped?" And it seemed, he adds, that it was something these guys had done before.

But in an inspired moment Scooter took out a tin of Skoal and put a wad in his mouth, and the guys instantly warmed up. "In the end," says Smith, "they wound up fixing our van, which took about three hours."

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Rosenstein tells in excruciating detail the gastrointestinal distress that followed, as he hunkered down in the bathroom and dreaded hearing the words, "Coming up next, Wide Wail."

Former Snowplow drummer Brad Searles — now with Starlight Conspiracy — attests that the adventure can truly be on the road. This time, it was after a bad show at a New Hampshire club called the Rockpile.

"Not only were there not a lot of people, but the club owner wouldn't pay us, so we had to argue forever just to get , gas money," says Searles. "We're already not in the greatest mood as we head up the Interstate." At 3 a.m., the band was half way back to Burlington, staring straight ahead into the high beams, when something on the side of the road caught their eyes. "We get closer to it," Searles relates, "and it's a guy wearing a white shirt covered with blood and he's reaching out towards the car."

The band members were traumatized.

"There's no car, no lights any place, nothing," says Searles. "We pull over, get out of the car, and before we even move towards the guy we hear these two voices going, 'Help me, help me."' Turns out the

bloody man's car had gone the bank and its two passengers had crawled back up to the road to try to flag down help.

Snowplow obliged, calling an ambulance and wrapping the victims in blankets until it arrived.

Former Epitaph bassist Kieran Donaghey recalls the quintessential Vermont road experience: It was February, and the band's car had broken down on the lonely outskirts of Johnson. "The temperature on the bank clock read 35 below zero. I drank a quart and a half of scalding hot chocolate for fear of freezing to death," Donaghey recalls.

In a similar episode, all but one member of Slush drove a van with no heat to a gig in Albany last winter. It was 30 below. Vocalist Jeff Howlett — the one who had a heated car

bandmates arriving at tHe club "about as frozen as you can get and still be moving."

And yet another evil van tale: Bill Mullins — formerly of The Fortune Tellers and now with Chin Ho! — recalls one occasion of auto woes in Bradford, an area he affectionately dubs "the Bermuda Triangle of Route 7." With the van in the care of mechanics, the band hitch-hiked to Rutland, rented a U-Haul and drove to Manchester to play the gig. Leaving the stage in the night's wee hours, the band members savored two hours' sleep and returned the U-Haul to Rutland by the 6 a.m. deadline. Mullins then recalls hitchhiking back to Bradford and spending the balance of the day reading Weekly World News at a picnic table outside the garage.

the day's major topic of co sation. That and a beetle slowly making its way across the table.

And you thought it was glamorous to be a rock star.

Start a band and everything comes your way: style, friends, fans, fortune and fame.

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At least not in Vermont.

Not yet. So the next time you see one of those music types, go easy on him. Buy him some Rolaids, or a warm hat or new pair of gloves. Or better yet — if you've got the bucks — a decent van. Jack Kerouac had good stories from the road, but he wasn't a musician in northern New England. Don't believe everything you read: Life's a whole lot stranger — and frequently colder — than fiction. •

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But if bucolic silence is golden, it's also rare here; on most days and nights, that lizard is privy to a whole lotta shakin' goin on.

This is Eclipse, and Joe Egan — owner, engineer and producer — is the sultan of sound for a steady stream of bands. It was not quite a year ago that he and wife Penny Bissonette moved into the new house, and only last March when the attached studio was completed. Before that, Egan says, he was "doing time in the Old North End," and his previous recording space had the distinction of squatting behind the Big & Tall Shop off Shelburne Road. Now, home and studio are together — separated only by a fat layer of soundproofing.

"I had Rocketsled in here and Penny slept right through it," Egan testifies.

The brand new home/studio

with pastoral views, the sophisticated roomful of equipment and an increasingly busy calendar suggest to some that Egan's become the Chuck Eller of the younger set. Eller, keyboardist for The Unknown Blues Band and longtime studio whiz, operated for years out of a Burlington bedroom before moving to a dream house in Charlotte and setting up shop.

the equipment department. On the other hand, his 32-track digital studio with 48-input board afftl eight-track hard disc recorder aren't exactly Jurassic; all three studios have impressive, overlapping capabilities.

"As far as music is concerned," Egan suggests, "I think we're on the same playing field." He also notes that all the studios in the area are always busy — supported by a thriving and still-growing music scene.

Most bands eventually want to record, and when they've outgrown the four-track Fostex, it's time to graduate to a real studio! For many young "alternative" bands, that choice is Eclipse. "I like working with the alt scene," says Egan.

"They're very passionate about their music and don't come in with preconceptions. Sometimes it's the first time they've been in a studio and they're very into it."

Brad Searles attests that the feeling is mutual. Currently the drummer for Starlight Conspiracy and an intern for Egan last year, Searles says that Egan "has a genuine love for what he does and respect for what people are doing. He likes a lot of local music." Not known as a clock-watcher, adds Searles, Egan "has enough pride in the studio that he's not going to let anyone walk out of there

"WE RECORDED IN ONE REALLY BIG STUDIO IN NEW YORK CITY AND, COMPARATIVELY, JOE IS A GENIUS."

- RICHARD BAILY, DYSFUNKSHUN And that "shop" has one more thing in common with Egan's: the same builder. Tom Freiheit — carpenter by day and guitarist/vocalist for The X-Rays by night — got a good grip on acoustics at Eller's gorgeous, high-tech rooms before constructing a more modest version for Egan.

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"Never heard of them?" a white-haired, red-faced Brooks Brothers guy yells to a balding first-timer. "Be ready for some songs you haven't heard live for a while." By the time the band strikes up "We Gotta Get Out of This Place," the new guy is in air-guitar heaven. He doesn't sit down until the set ends with "Love Potion Number 9."

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for Haase. At 43, he was content to be a spare-time strummer, full-time husband, father and chief financial officer for Merchants Bank. But his 14year-old, Asia, declared one day that "my friend Caitlin's father is just like you. He comes home and plays his guitar and doesn't play with anybody. You should call him."

He called.

Caitlin's dad turned out to be Sam Falzone, veteran of numerous Vermont bands by the time he "blew it off" for a housing management job, marriage and three kids. The guitar match-up took hold, and Sunday morning jams at Falzone's • house became a tradition.

Within six months, Falzone's STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN Midlife Chrysler's rock V roll euphoria at Nectar's neighbor, Roger Lambert, started sitting in on Together for less than a year, only way I could get invited to drums. Lambert — another this graying gang of four men parties." Drummer Roger businessman dad — had begun and one woman are as psyched Lambert retorts, "it hasn't his musical career all of three as kids to be playing out. Falzone worked." Haase counters with a months earlier, when his 40th equates the "adrenaline rush of claim that the band only hired birthday loomed large enough to playing in front of an audience," Lambert, a pharmaceuticals sales with "being shot out of a canexecutive, because "we felt we had inspire a midlife crisis purchase: his first drum set. When a non." That excitement isn't lost to be involved in the drug scene mutual friend introduced the on their growing body of in order to do rock n' roll." groupies. Fifty-year-old businessJust two years ago, the idea of trio to 44-year-old bassist Butch Alexander, Midlife Chrysler man Harry Seal drives from serious gigging was a daydream

lyrics, and some tunes have tighter times ahead. But three notes into "Sunshine of Your Love" these guys will rouse your inner boomer and make you believe you enjoyed the '60s. Just ask Joan Baez, who showed up after her Burlington concert and danced for an hour. "Sam was catatonic," laughs lead singer Kimberly Eustis.

Montpelier for every gig because "they just have so much fun doing it. You can tell they're gettin' off on it."

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While Eustis, 40, mentions that her 20-year career in the business was "a problem when I was married and on the road five nights a week," her current male bandmates say they enjoy "nothing but support" at home — and at gigs. Falzone's 19-year-old son, Guthrie, is a roadie. "It's pretty cool," Guthrie says about his father's music. "If he was in a country band, I probably wouldn't be here."

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B o o k i n g , 8 6 3 - 8 4 4 4 .

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Abair Brothers (modern, c l a s s i c rock'n'roll).** A1 A l e s s i Band ( V e r m o n t ' s H a r r y Connick J r . ) . * * A n n e ' s Band ( r o c k ' n ' r o l 1 , b l u e s , f u n k ) . C o n t a c t : George P e t i t , 9852899.

Bad B o y s , The ( r o c k c o v e r s ) . * * Bamboo S t u d i o ( g u i t a r a n d p e r c u s sion o r i g i n a l s ) C o n t a c t : Dayve Huckett, 425-4461.

B a n j o Dan & t h e M i d - N i t e P l o w b o y s (bluegrass).* B a r b a c o a ( s u r f noir).

Contact: B i l l Mul1 i n s , 8 6 0 - 5 0 6 1 .

Belizbeha ( f u n k / p o p / r o c k / s o u l ) .

Contact: Alex Fredricks, 212-245-4516.

Bloozotomy ( p r o g r e s s i v e b l u e s ,

seven o r i g i n a l and c l a s s i c ) . * B l u e Fox & t h e R o c k i n ' D a d d i e s (traditional & original rockin' funky b l u e s ) . Contact: 660-4330.

Blues f o r Breakfast (improvisational blues-rock). Contact: C h a r l i e F r a z i e r , 434-4947.

BNB, aka B a b y ' s N i c k e l Bag ( a c i d jazz/raga-funk/di sco/soul).

Contact: Levin P f e u f e r , 863-8055.

Bob & A n d r e a T e e r ( c h i l d r e n ' s ) . * B o b o l i n k s , The ( a cappella pop).

C o n t a c t : Jeremy D a v i d s o n , 388-03711, x 4499.

Box ( r o c k ) . * Breakaway ( b l u e g r a s s ) . C o n t a c t : Gene W h i t e , 8 6 2 - 0 4 4 1 .

Buck & and t h e B l a c k C a t s C 5 0 s s t y l e roots r o c k a b i l l y ) . Contact: Buck M a y n a r d , 8 7 9 - 1 8 2 8 .

C h a n n e l Two Dub Band ( r e g g a e ) .

Contact: Quinnie, 860-1509.

C h i n Ho! ( " r u r a l pop made f o r h u m a n s " ) . C o n t a c t : Andrew S m i t h , 865-2122.

Chrome Cowboys (vintage country).

Contact: Mark Ransom,

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musicks/performance arts; runners of the musical/ideo l o g i c a l a p o c a l y p s e ) . Contac L e i f Hunneman, 8 6 0 - 6 2 8 5 .

H i g h l a n d Weavers ( C e l t i c ) .

High R o l l e r s ( j a z z , swing, Motown, r o c k ' n ' r o l 1 ) . * * Hoodoo R e v u e , The ( b l u e s , r & b ) . C o n t a c t : Danny C o a n e , 878-2965. h u f f y (edgy power p o p ) .

C o n t a c t : T i m L a u b e n , 862-06!

Starlight Conspiracy, new in the I s l a n d J o h n n i e and t h e P l a n Dance Band ( f u n k , r e g g a e , constel1ati on of Burlington bands w o r l d b e a t ) . C o n t a c t : John Dickason, 453-3920.

658-6630.

J a l a p e n o B r o t h e r s ( o r i g i n a l blui Cool R u l e s ( " s o p h i s t a f o l k , " j a z z , r o c k ) . C o n t a c t : Glen Schweitzer folk-rock, Latin, blues). Contact: 862-9280.

Cal S t a n t o n , 6 3 5 - 9 2 7 8 .

James H a r v e y & t h e H-Mob ( A f r o C r a n i a l Perch ( " a r t r o c k meets American music, j a z z , e t c . ) . p s y c h o s e s " ) . C o n t a c t : Dave J a r v i s , C o n t a c t : James H a r v e y , 8 6 0 - 1 8 4 0 660-8236.

James H a r v e y T r i o ( A f r o - A m e r i c a M C r u s h e d ( " s o n i c t r a n c e n o i s e and music, j a z z , e t c . ) . Contact: Jao vast quietness"). Contact: Harvey, 860-1840.

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James K o c h a l k a S u p e r s t a r (mock Danny Coane & H i s G r a s s y K n o l l r o c k ) . C o n t a c t : Dot Dot D a s h , Boys ( t r a d i t i o n a l b l u e g r a s s ) .

C o n t a c t : Danny C o a n e , 878-2965.

Dave K e l l e r B l u e s Band (soulful electric b l u e s ) . C o n t a c t : Dave K e l l e r , 863-4690.

D a v i n c h i ( a c i d punk iazz). Contact: David D a v i n c h i , 865-3225.

D i s c i p i e s , -The ( o r i g i n a l R&B and soul). Contact: Kathy Mehuron, 496-2296.

D r . Burma ( r o c k n'rol1).* Dr. Jazz ( j a z z , Dixieland).* r. Plaid ( " r i p p i n ' rockblues-funk-reggae") .

Contact: Alex Schwartz, 865-7955.

Dysfunkshun ( h i p - h o p , f u n k , 212-989-4545. r o c k ) . C o n t a c t : Mark D a n i e l s , J a m i e Lee & t h e R a t t l e r s ( c o u n 864-1886. try).* East Coast M u s c l e ( o r i g i n a l and Jazz M a n d o l i n P r o j e c t (contempo cover r o c k ' n ' b l u e s ) . * * r a r y ijnprov). C o n t a c t : Jamie Fags The ( d e a d p u n k m u s i c ) .

Masefield, 253-7825.

C o n t a c t : Jason Cooley, Jenni Johnson & the Jazz 862-2981.

Junketeers ( j a z z , r&b). Contact i d d l e h e a d s , The Jenni Johnson, 658-4211. (original grassroots Jen Tabor T r i o ( j a z z ) . Contact: psychedelia).

Jen T a b o r , 864-3149.

C o n t a c t : Mark o r J o h n C a r l e t o n B l u e s Band ( t r a d i Peter, 865-9983. t i o n a l & n o n - t r a d i t i o n a l blues) Fortune T e l l e r s , C o n t a c t : John C a r l e t o n , 657-258i The ( r o o t s J o h n L a c k a r d B l u e s Band ( C h i c a g rocki n' s o u l ) . s t y l e b l u e s ) . C o n t a c t : John C o n t a c t : Mark Lackard, 728-3308/9593.

Ransom, John Tower Group 658-6630. (blues/jazz/rock) Freefall (origiC o n t a c t : Nancy nal contemporary Col b o u r n , jazz). Contact: 878-0181.

Steve B l a i r , J o e Capps T r i o 660-9578. (jazz origiGadfly (humble i n d i e nals).* Bti/dUiqitHt. pop t i n g e d w i t h d i s J u s t Jazz sonance). Contact: (jazz).* Darren Bernard, Karma K i n g z 865-2678. ( j a z z , b l u e s , r&b, Gordon Stone T r i o old rock, o r i g i (jazz-grass). Contact: n a l s ) . C o n t a c t : Randy Gordon S t o n e , 8 6 3 - 4 4 9 7 .

Crosby, 496-9552.

Green M o u n t a i n e e r s (oomKen S l e e p s Naked ( " l o o p y pah).* g r o o v e s / p r o f u n k a t i v e " ) . Contact: Guppy Boy ( a l t r o c k ) .

Mark F r a n o , 2 2 3 - 3 4 1 3 .

Contact: Michael B a r r e t t , K - N i n e (cow p u n k / r o c k a b i l l y ) .

SI ush 878-3704.

C o n t a c t : Angus G l u c k , 8 6 2 - 6 6 6 1 .

Hannibal & Agosti ( r o c k ) . * vocali st Lambsbread ( r e g g a e ) . C o n t a c t : Hap (root-rock-art-funk).

Bobby H a c k n e y , 8 9 9 - 3 7 8 7 .

Jeff C o n t a c t : Greg M a t s e s , L i n d y Pear ( u n g r u n g e , s t r a i g h t - ÂŤ Howlett 863-1213. r o c k ) . C o n t a c t : Bob H i g g i n s , 65ÂŁ H e l l Toupee ( r o c k , r & b ) . * 5665. }hexdump{ ( i n d u s t r i a l

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Prai r i e Stage ( f o l k) . * L o s t N a t i o n Boys ( b l u e g r a s s ) . * Pure Pressure ( r & b , L o s t Posse ( b l u e g r a s s ) . * funk, soul).

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Mark Twang ( c o u n t r y ) . * C o n t a c t : Regi na M c K e n z i e , Mary & J u l i e t Kelland, 310-447-3317.

McVicker ( a c o u s t i c o r i g i - < Ree1 St. Albans singer/song'em I n nal c o u n t r y n e w g r a s s ) .

Kate Barclay (Celtic) C o n t a c t : P e a r l , 4 5 3 - 3 8 4 9 . writer Contact: Meg & R o b i n ( f o l k d u o ) . * Bruce McKenzie, M i d l i f e C h r y s l e r ( ' 6 0 s , ' 7 0 s and 658-5924. o r i g i n a l r o c k ) . C o n t a c t : Sam R o c k e t s l e d (heavy mix of a l t e r n a Falzone, 864-5743, x 235. t i v e m e t a l , aka j u n t ! r o c k ) .

M i g h t y Sam M c C l a i n ( 1 9 9 4 # 1 b l u e s C o n t a c t : Greg B e a d l e , 8 6 5 - 4 2 9 6 . album).** Russ F l a n i g a n Band ( r o c k , r & b , c o u n t r y w / f i d d l e ) . C o n t a c t : Russ Flanigan, 863-5216.

Science Fixion (acid blues, j a z z , w o r l d - b e a t ) . C o n t a c t : Shamms M o r t i e r , 453-4293.

S e n a t o r s , The ( ' 5 0 s & ' 6 0 s d a n c e b a n d ) . C o n t a c t : Tom D a l e y , 426-3880.

S e n s i b l e Shoes ( r o c k ' n ' r o l l ) . * Seperate Society (hardcore skate p u n k ) . C o n t a c t : J e f f Du P l e s s i s , 229-9804. ' S h a p i r o . Andy ( j a z z ) . * Sheefra ( C e l t i c ) . * S k i a r / G r i p p o Jazz Sextet ( o r i g i n a l j a z z & L a t i n ) . C o n t a c t : Bruce S k l a r , 496-6341.

Slush ( i n t e l l i g e n t hardcore). Contact: Jeff Howlett. 863-3052. • S n e a k e r s J a z z Band ( j a z z , b e - b o p ) . C o n t a c t : Paul A s b e l l . 862-7696.

Soul F i n g e r ( h o r n - d r i v e n M i x , The ( c l a s s i c - & - c o n t e m p o r a r y s o u l and r&b f e a t u r i n g rock). C o n t a c t : Rich Es'posito, Joanne Cooper). C o n t a c t : 863-1264.

M a r k Ransom. 6 5 8 - 6 6 3 0 .

Mixed Company (a cappella doo-wop, Soup S a n d w i c h ( p o p / f u n k ) . early j a z z , gospel, '50s rock & C o n t a c t : John Ravel 1, pop). C o n t a c t : A p r i l Werner, 434-5013.

863-6686.

Spill ( r o c k / a l t rock). Contact: Motel Brown ( f u n k , r e g g a e , r o c k ) .

Christopher Gimino, 660-1997.

C o n t a c t : S t e v e Di a s . 8 9 9 - 3 3 4 1 .

S t a r l i g h t Conspiracy ( l o u d dynamic Mr. D o o l e y ( f u n k - r o c k ) . * moody n o i s e - r o c k ) . C o n t a c t : Shawn Never O n l y Once ( h a r d c o r e , a l t Flanigan, 658-1394. r o c k ) . C o n t a c t : Doug C a r o n , Strangefolk (dancer-friendly rock, 865-0128. f o l k & b l u e g r a s s ) . C o n t a c t : Jon New N i l e O r c h e s t r a ( " t r a n s T r a f t o n , 849-2691.

Atlantic Afro-groove"). Contact: Swing Machine ( j a z z & s w i n g ) . * * Jay C a t a l a n o , 4 2 5 - 2 1 7 8 .

S w i n g i n ' V e r m o n t B i g Band Nisch G e f e r l a c h Klezmer (swing).* Hr (Jewish klezmer b a n d ) . * T a b l e Wine ( o r i g i n a l a l t e r n a t i v e x OSSn O n i o n R i v e r Jazz f o l k ) . C o n t a c t : Rebecca P a d u l a , / VV *> 660-9441. <( j a z z ) . * Pan-Ashe ( s t e e l T a y l o r Made ( p r e m i e r s o u l drum/Caribbean).* m band) . * * y 11 P a n t s . The ( r o c k ) .

T e x a s T w i s t e r B l u e s Band (modern Chicago b l u e s ) .

Contact: Artie Toulis, 865-4316.

T o n i Lynn Washi n g t o n (blues).** 1 I C o n t a c t : Dennis • T ough Judges Vetmmt »' Wygmans. 6 6 0 - 2 0 8 8 . (eccentric i ' P a r k s D e p t , The ( i n r&b).** / ' your-face rock).

12X O v e r ( h a r d c o r e ) * / ' Contact: Daniel C o n t a c t : Doug '/ Parks, 658-3674.

Caron, 865-0128. i V V / / P e t i t , George & t h e Unknown B l u e s Desired E f f e c t ( o r i g i n a l Band w i t h B i g J o e j a z z ) . C o n t a c t : George Burrell (blues, P e t i t , 985-2899. r&b, swing). hooka ( f u n k / h a r d c o r e / e v e r y t h i n g ) .

C o n t a c t : Chas o n t a c t : Mike I n t e r l a n d i , * • E l l e r , 425-3508 372-5492.

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ontact: Peter Engisch, 878-9039. ocoO cLoco t o b Fe rri t o 2 (5t ,r a d i 1t i9o 9n 5a l alsa, funk). Cpntact: Martin f u i g u i , 864-9871. °of! (jazz, Latin, r&b). Contact:

beat, funk, reggae). Contact: Duggan, Lar ( p i a n i s t ) , 8 6 2 - 5 8 3 1 .

Jeniel Vereline, 454-7792.

Gailmor, Jon ( o r i g i n a l f o l k , c h i l U p s i d e Down Frown ( o r i g i n a l r o c k dren ' s ) . * • j a z z , b l u e s and b l u e g r a s s ) .

Grippo, David (saxophone f o r C o n t a c t : Adam F r e h n , 8 6 2 - 6 8 7 0 . h i r e ) , 862-6357.

V e l v e t Ovum B a n d , The ( " s t r a i g h t G u a r n a c c i a , Samuel ( g u i t a r ) . * a h e a d A u s t r i a n pop a r t r o c k " ) .

H a r v e y , James ( p i a n o , t r o m b o n e ; C o n t a c t : Peg T a s s e y , 8 8 8 - 3 2 1 2 . o r i g i n a l and j a z z s t a n d a r d s ) , 4 Vermont Jazz Ensemble ( j a z z ) . * 860-1840.

V i p e r House ( a v a n t - f u n k , cosmoHolmes, L i n c o l n ( e x p e r i m e n t a l groove, acid j a z z ) . Contact: acoustic p r o g r e s s i v e ) , 655-2393.

Michael Chorney, Horstmyer, Diane 453-3246. (acoustic singerWide W a i l ( h a ha songwri ter/spoken ha). Contact: word), 658-7458.

D e n n i s Wygmans, H u c k e t t , Dayve 660-2088.

James ( a c o u s t i c W a r r e n s , The origi nals), (original rock).

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Contact: Michael Kamm, D a v i d Hayes, 425-3663. ( a c o u s t i c rageWDEV R a d i o f o l k ) , 658-1984.

R a n g e r s , The K e l l e r , Dave (country stan(acoustic tradidards, f i d d l e , t i o n a l and o r i g i swing, bluenal b l u e s ) , grass). Contact: 863-4690.

Mark S t r u h s a c k e r , L a v o i e , Mark 800-639-9338. ( f o l k - b l u e s harWomensing (a capm o n i c a ) , 453.-4263 pel la t r a d i t i o n a l Nato (unplugged world music). s e m i - r e t r o popContact: Barbara r o c k ) , 865-3368.

James Kochalka Superstar, Boyd, 3 8 8 - 3 9 5 3 .

Oakland, Michael mock rocker Woodchuck's (gui t a r ) . * Revenge ( t r a d i t i o n a l acoustic folk P a l i e r i , Rik ( f o l k / s t o . r y t e l 1 e r ) , & country). Contact: Craig Rearic, 482-3185.

872-8086.

Rubino, Carl ( a c o u s t i c f o l k / c o u n Woods Tea- Company ( I r i s h , f o l k ) t r y ) . 518-962-8373.

X - R a y s , The ( r & b , r e g g a e , f u n k , Pappas, Steph ( " i f J i m i Hendrix s k a ) . C o n t a c t : Tom F r e i h e i t , was a w o m a n " ) , 6 6 0 - 0 8 2 6 .

862-1109.

P e t e r s e n , J o h n Drew ( a c o u s t i c s i n g e r / s o n g w r i t e r ) , 746-8555.

Professor Fairbanks (Peter M i l l e r , s t r o l l i n g v i o l i n ) , 644-5708.

A s b e l l , Paul ( a c o u s t i c Robohm, M a r k ( f u n k / p o p / r o c k / a c i d blues, jazz & guitar j a z z / j i n g l e drumming), 864-8282.

Americana), 862-7696.

Snow. S h e l l e y ( o r i g i n a l flute), B a r c l a y , Kate ( a c o u s t i c 860-0769. alt singer/songwriter), Tamah ( a c o u s t i c s i n g e r / s o n g w r i t e r ) 527-0213.

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Casey, P a t t i ( a c o u s t i c f o l k / c o u n t r y ) , 223-1422.

Davidson, John ( g u i t a r ) . * D a v i s , Neal ( c o n t e m p o r a r y f o l k ) , 872-2840.

DeToma, V i n n y , ( d r u m m e r ; b l u e s , R&B, M o t o w n ) , 985-9322.

Dickason, John (acoustic g u i t a r and vocals),

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B a r t h o l d y Ensemble, The (chamber quartet, classic to contemporary).

C o n t a c t : Vermont V i o l i n s , 229-4503.

Classic Consort C c l a s s i c a l ) . * K e v r a / H u l i n g D u o , The ( f l u t e a n d p i a n o c l a s s i c a l and f o l k ) .

C o n t a c t : Vermont V i o l i n s , 229-4503.

Pasquier T r i o ( c l a s s i c a l ) . * Polacca T r i o - ( c l a s s i c a l ) . * Price, Lois ( f l u t e ) . * Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble ( c o n t e m p o r a r y c l a s s i c a l ) .

Contact Steve Klimowski, 849-6900.

Zwei B r a t s c h e ( c l a s s i c a l v i o l a d u o ) . C o n t a c t : Vermont V i o l i n s , 229-4503.

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Having recorded at Eclipse three times, Dysfunkshun's Richard Bailey can't find enough superlatives for Egan.

"He's really; easy to work with, has a great ear, and knows how to translate layman's terms to technical. His new studio kicks ass. We recorded in one really big studio in New York City and, comparatively, Joe is a genius." Bailey — and others — appreciate Egan's talent for identifying their own unique sound. "In a lot of ways Joe captures a little more rawness," he says, "he captures the per-

sonality of the band."

For his part, Egan — who credits a successful Slush tape with upping his credibility — speculates that bands come to him for "some sort of reputation, some thumbprint." But word has it they come as much for his easy-going personality as for his ears and reasonable rates. "He's just an all-round good guy," Searles enthuses.

Even so, Eclipse doesn't survive by bands alone. Egan — with Shadow Productions Radio Theater in his past — is also in the jingle business. His repertoire of raspy tenor overvoices can be heard on "zillions of commercials" — he was production director of WIZN for a year. That's Egan on the Al's

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"He was a very, very good composer," DeCormier says.

"God knows what he would have written if he had lived."

DeCormier has been interested in the musical history of Terezin for almost 30 years — his first exposure came in 1967, on a pre-Prague Spring trip to Czechoslovakia. The experience motivated him to dedicate his own rendition of the Requiem —1 at Carnegie Hall in 1979 — to the Terezin singers. Remarkably, one of the audience members was a, survivor from the original chorus. His emotional meeting with Marianne Zadiko Mae — the first of many — further intensified his interest in Terezin.

"This whole thing started with Bob's desire to do the Requiem in Vermont," Biddle says of the ever-expanding Terezin Project.

His dream was realized last March in Burling-ton. But DeCormier, his wife Louise and Biddle were determined to take the Terezin show on the road.

The 120-voice Requiem was too big to tour. So the trio settled on two shorter operas with similar real-life significance: The Essex Children's Choir will perform the folksy and charming Brundibar.

Seven experienced soloists are tackling the vocally challenging Emperor of Atlantis, which DeCormier describes as a "combination of Kurt Weill, Mahler and Schoenberg."

Biddle, formerly director of Crossroads Arts Council in Rutland, had no problem selling the piece to local presenters.

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Rutland, the fully-staged production travels to seven sites around the state. She got additional funding for an accompanying art exhibit, lecture series and curriculum materials for schools. Last week the Righteous Persons Foundation — a grantmaking organization established by Stephen Spielberg with a portion of profits from his film Schindler's List— came through with a $20,000 pledge.

From there, it's up to each local community to celebrate the Terezin Project — Randolph programmed a dozen ancillary activities, including a Jecture on Yiddish culture from Rabbi Joshua Chasan. Others, like Burlington, will settle for the performance and an exhibit of illustrations by Helga WeissovaHoskova — sort of an illustrator Anne Frank — who was 13 when she documented life at Terezin. She later returned to retrieve her drawings from a hiding place in the walls of the camp.

"We felt it was important not just to present the works, but to put them in historical perspective," DeCormier says. And fascism has not gone away. "With everythiiig that is going on in the world and our country, you can't not be affected by it." •

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"It was the sense of people in the worst conditions creating beautiful music," is how Ludi Biddle describes the inspiration behind the Terezin Project — a statewide tour of two allegorical operas that kicks off this week in Rutland and Middlebury.

"Then it was a question of wanting to honor those individuals by using Terezin as a microcosm of the Holocaust. In all of the camps there were stories of people keeping themselves alive by spirit, by the life they lived within, by the hope they found in hopeless circumstances."

Stocked with a large number of artists and intellectuals, Terezin was considered a "model" concentration camp — a place to direct visitors from the International Red Cross, where the prisoners performed concerts and plays every night.

"There were performances of the Bartered Bride, The Marriage of Figaro — even a jazz band called the Ghetto Swinger^," says Robert DeCormier, who is music director of the Terezin Project.

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POETRY READING SERIES: Feminist poet Mary Rechncr reads from her work.

Cover-to-Cover Bookstore, Randolph, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 728-4206.

m u s i c ARTIS QUARTET: T h e Viennese string quartet lends its "sensual tone" to works

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C O U N T R Y C O N C E R T : T h e Country Music Association named her Female Vocalist of the Year. Wade Hayes opens for Pam Tillis at Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, 8 p.m. $21-29- Info, 8635966.

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SINGLE PARENTS N E T W O R K : Single parents and their children gather for community and discussion.

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Meron Medzini of Hebrew University in Jerusalem leads a dialogue about prospects for Last time it traveled north, the National Ballet of Caracas served up one spicy peace in the Middle East.

Firebird. Back again with three Latin-flavored pieces, the Venezuelans perform Friday at the Flynn.

Memorial Lounge, Waterman • Building, UVM, Burlington, play by John Patrick Shanley.

Studio LYDIAN S T R I N G QUARTET: The 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 434-3172.

Theatre, Middlebury College Center for Brandeis-based quartet performs classical 'VOICES O F DIVERSITY: African, the Arts, 8 p.m. $3. Info, 388-MIDD. and contemporary works at Spaulding Latino, Asian and Native American peoAuditorium, Hopkins Center, f i l m ple gather to celebrate their "richness and Dartmouth College, Hanover, N . H . 8 I N T E R N A T I O N A L FILM FESTIVAL: resonance." Peace and Justice Center, p.m. $14.50. Info, 6 0 3 - 6 4 6 4 4 2 2 . A free This cinema symposium makes critical Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Register, discussion begins at 7 p.m. in the faculty connections between the environment, 863-234S. lounge. human rights and world peace. Opening I N T E R N A T I O N A L S T U D I E S TALK: night features Weapons of the Spirit, the t h e a t e r Polish family, friends and neighbors story of a French village full of Righteous 'WAR O F T H E W O R L D S : Theatre inspire discussion at Memorial Lounge, Gentiles. Sony Nickelodeon, Burlington, Factory revisits the War of the Worlds with Waterman Building, UVM, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $7. Info, 660-2600. a staged adaptation of the alien radio noon. Free. Info, 656-1096. broadcast by Orson Welles. Mann Hall, MEDICAL HISTORY LECTURE: a r t Trinity College, Burlington, 8 p.m. $6.

Charles Houston explores the history of GALLERY TALK: Patricia Zupan talks Info, 872-2738. military operations in high mountains. about Dantesque resonances in the Gulf Hall A , Given Building, U V M , H A U N T E D H O M E S T E A D : Fanny War paintings of Susan Crile. Music Burlington, noon. Free. Info, 656-3131.

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Burlington, 6:30-10 p.m. $4. Reservaership skills at a regular gathering of the DRAWING SESSION: Artists get inspitions, 865-4556. outspoken club. Ramada Inn, S. ration from a live model at this weekly ' W H O KILLED SANTA CLAUS': Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 862-6142. drawing session. Artspace, 171 St. Paul Santa Claus checks out before Christmas CANCER S U P P O R T G R O U P : People Sc., Burlington, 6:30-9: 30 p.m. $5. Info, in a festive whodunnit. T h e Essex dealing with cancer get support based on 862-2898.

Gommunity Players solve the mystery at the work of the National Wellness Essex Memorial Hall, 8 p.m. $8. Info, w c r d s Communities. Cancer Wellness Center, 878-9109.

MARY C A T H E R I N E BATESON: The Chace Mill, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

ITALIAN AMERICAN R E C O N C I L I daughter of anthropologist Margaret Register, 865-3434.

A T I O N ' : A quintet of strivers struggle Mead discusses her latest book, to make sense of love and longing in a Composing a Life, about "the improvisa-

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k i d s S P O O K Y TALES: Storyteller Judith Witters tells ghost stories to school kids.

S. Burlington Library, 6:30 p.m. Free.

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e t c A N T H R O P O L O G Y TALK: T h e daughter of anthropplogists Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson answers difficult questions about cultural preservation.

Mann Hall, Trinity College, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-0337 x 297E U G E N I C S TALK: Nancy Gallagher presents a historical overview of the Vermont Eugenics Movement. Fleming Museum, U V M , Burlington, 12:15 p.m. $2. Info, 656-0750.

H E A T H E N I S H PRACTICES: William Hart discusses the unorthodox mission at historic Fort Hunter, New York.

Abernathy Room, Starr Library, Middlebury College, 4:15 p.m. Free.

Info, 388-3467. '

©fhursday m u s i c G. LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE: Guitarist Paul Asbell opens for the bluesy hip-hoppers. Ira Allen Chapel, U V M , Burlington, 8 p.m. $13. Info, 863-5966.

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t h e a t e r WAR O F T H E W O R L D S ' : See October 26. ' W H O KILLED SANTA CLAUS': See October 26.

ITALIAN AMERICAN R E C O N C I L I A T I O N ' : See October 26. ' P H A E T O N ' S RIDE': Dragon Dance Theater presents its annual outdoor performance accompanied by fireworks, bonfires and a live band. Five miles north of Montpelier on Route 12, take a left at the Rumney School sign. 7 p.m. $5.

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H E L L O DOLLY': The Barre Players bring The Matchmaker to life at the Barre Opera House, 8 p.m. $11. Info, 476-8188. ' L I T T L E ACTS O F KINDNESS': fudevine playwright David Budbill revive.' his play about ordinary people featuring blues from The Disciples. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 223-7044.

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Flynn Theatre, Burlington, 8 p.m. $1226.50. info, 863-5966.

C O S T U M E BALL: The Make A Wish Foundation raises funds for very sick kids with help from the Unknown Blues Band. Sheraton Burlington, 8 p.m. $20.

Info, 863-5966.

VIPER H O U S E BENEFIT: The 10piece acid-jazz orchestra plays to offset "off-campus" tuition costs for Mumia Abu-Jamal — the only Goddard student on "death row." Haybarn Theater, Goddard College, Plainfield, 9 p.m. $320. Info, 453-3246.

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t i l m I N T E R N A T I O N A L FILM FESTIVAL: See October 26. Featured today are some of the finest historical pro and antiwar propaganda films ever made. See Prelude to War, Battle of San Pietro and Peoples War at Billings Theatre, U V M , Burlington, 4-6:30 p.m. $6. Starting Place shows at Sony Nickelodeon, 8 p.m. $6.

crafts at one of the top 10 fall events in Vermont. Three hundred juried craftspeople converge at the Champlain Valley Fairgrounds, Essex, noon - 8 p.m. $4.

Info, 878-5545. ~ TIBETAN R E S E T T L E M E N T BENEFIT: T h e Himalayan photos of Jessica Tampas — featured on public television — are the centerpiece of a celebration of Tibetan culture. Shelburne Farms Coach Barn, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Donations.

Reservations, 864-5505.

O U T R I G H T SUPPORT GROUP: Gay, lesbian, bisexual and "questioning" youth are invited to an ongoing support group meeting. Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 865-9677.

S E N I O R S W I M : Folks over 50 exercise in an 86-degree pool. YMCA, Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 8629622.

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G O O D F O L K : Burlington Coffeehouse organizer Jeff Miller racked up a big hospital bill last summer. Now his musicians friends are trying to bail him out. Brooks Williams, Rachel Bissex, Paul Asbell and Dana Robinson jam at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul on Wednesday night.

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DAVID HUDDLE: The University of Vermont professor reads and signs his new novel, Tenorman. Chassman & Bern Booksellers, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 862-4332.

OPEN READING: Local bards compare notes at the Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 864-6106.

BELA FLECK: The banjo virtuoso and his Flecktone friends perform jazzy bluegrass at the Flynn Theatre, Burlington, 8 p.m. $12-26.50. Info, 863-5966.

N I G H T O F T H E LIVING DEAD: Magic Hat Brewery celebrates its first anniversary in style macabre. Come "dead on arrival" to the Magic Hat Brewery, Burlington, 8 p.m. $7.50.

Info, 658-BREW. G E N E BERTONC1NI T R I O : The versatile guitarist plays jazz, classical and bossa nova styles with saxophonist Fred Haas and bassist David Clark. Concert Hall, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. $8.

Info, 3 8 8 - M I D D . ' M U S I C AS PROPAGANDA' TALK: How has music been used to serve pro and

agendas? Check out current and historic examples at the Music Rehearsal Hall, Middlebury College Center for the Arts, 1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-3711 x 5235.

idance , ^ E E N DANfCE: Costumed junior high students party to deejayed tunes and 1 karoake. Win silly prizes at the YMCA '(aym, Burlington, 7:$0 p.m. $3. Inlo, 862-9984.

C O N T R A DANCE: This creepy contra dance requires a costume. Paul Rosenberg calls for the Beverwyck String Band at Edmunds School Cafeteria, Burlington, 8 p.m. Get a lesson at 7:30 p.m. $5Info, 865-9363.

BENEFIT DANCE: The Chrome Cowboys team up with Sneakers to benefit the Lake Champlain Waldorf School.

Old Lantern, Charlotte, 8 p.m. $20-100.

Info, 985-2827.

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'HELLO DOLLY': See October 27.

'LITTLE ACTS O F KINDNESS': See October 27, Twilight Theatre, Lyndon State College.

H A U N T E D FOREST: There are still tickets for matinee performances of this annual freak of nature.

Meet Dracula at the Green Mountain Audubon Nature Center, Huntington, 1-4 p.m. $7.50. Info, 434-3068.

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Five films concerning the environment run from 2 to5:!5 p.m. The Burlington Taiko Drummers kick off an evening devoted to Hiroshima at 7 p.m. Billings Theatre, UVM, Burlington. $6.

'KILLING ZOE': The Roger Avary film shows at Twilight Hall, Middlebury College, 4 & 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388MIDD.

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Main Gallery, Vermont College, Montpelier, 5:30 p.m. $25 for dinner.

The auction is free at 8:30 p.m.

Reservations, 828-8743.

ARTIST SESSION: Artists and photographers get a new angle on their art with a live model. 150 Elm St., Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info,' 229-5253,

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' W H I R L P O O L ' : When he is not editing books for Chapters, Barry Estabrook writes mysteries. He signs his latest at Chapters Booksellers, Shelburne, 10:30 a.m. - noon, and at The Book Rack, Winooski, 12:30-3 p.m. Info, 985-9719 and 655-0231.

k i d s H A U N T E D MUSEUM: See October 27. ' G O O D T I M E T O T ROCK': Gary Rosen has entertained millions of children with his witty music. He performs at the Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 3 p.m. $5. Info, 728-3840, STORY T I M E : Kids over three listen up at the Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

e t c ESSEX CRAFT FAIR: See October 27, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

H E I R L O O M APPRAISAL DAY: What's it worth? Experts offer opinions on glass, maps, dolls and other collectibles. Fleming Museum, U V M , Burlington, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. $6.50 per item. Info, 656-0750.

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SINGING: Robert Resnik shares his prodigious musical talents with youngsters at the Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1 1 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

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2 « H E I R TODAY, G O N E . . . That big ole pile of junk in the attic could be your ticket out of here. Find out if the destination is Bali or Bellows Falls on Saturday at Heirloom Appraisal Day. Silver, rugs, furniture, jewelry — if it's collectible, the Fleming Museum will have an expert on hand to estimate its worth. As they say, 'You never know..."

3 . P I C T U R E IMPERFECT: T h e only good thing about living in a lousy world? It makes for great films at the Vermont International Film Festival.

T h e eco-friendly cinemarathon has scaled bade this year — four days, two screens — but still manages to cover lighthearted topics such as atomic war and the Holocaust. Beats Clueless.

4 f • SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE: Talk about revisionist history. The Reduced Shakespeare Company rides roughshod over five centuries in a manic round-up of American politics Sunday at the Flynri. Listen up for major musical milestones like the theme song to "Giliigan's Island" and key characters like Lucy and Ricky Ricardo. It's like history class — without the boring parts.

5 - D E A D R E C K O N I N G : The Hope Cemetery in Barje is the most elaborate graveyard in Vermont — dead granite workers of Italian extraction tend to have strong feelings about tombstones. T h e Green Mountain Club gives u p mountains for monuments this Sunday to take in the dramatic views. T h i n k of it as a hike for Halloween.

Q m ' O U r T H E PEOPLE: Will Quebec bid the rest of Canada adieu?

Probably not, but the election results will be riveting. T h e tele will be tuned Monday night at McGuel's Irish Burro Pub in St. Albans — an Irish-Mexican bar with its share of separatist sympathizers. Sounds like the sort of place you can order a beer in any language.

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CELEBRATION O F W O M E N : Women of all stages in life choose from a weekend of workshops including "Myths of Mothering" and "Autumn Creation."

Bishop Booth Conference Center, Burlington, 8 a.m. $93. Info, 899-2747.

STAMP S H O W : Baseball is the theme of the annual Chittenden County Stamp Club show. Half a dozen dealers gather at Christ the King School, Burlington, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free. Info, 862-5182.

BOOKKEEPERS C O N F E R E N C E : Pros gather to network, see exhibits and take workshops. Windjammer, S. Burlington, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. $60. Register, 800639-BKPR. C R A F T FAIR: The Westford Fire Department Auxiliary sponsors this show — a benefit for local firefighters.

Westford Elementary School, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free. Info, 878-5606.

AIDS Q U I L T I N G BEE: Have you lost a loved one to AIDS? Work alone — or with others — to add a quilted square to the Names Project. Materials are provided at the costume shop, McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 1-5 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2535.

QUEER T O W N M E E T I N G : The Vermont Coalition for Lesbian and Gay ' Rights holds its annual bash at Montpelier High School, 8:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. $30. Info, 223-8962.

M I C R O B R E W O P E N H O U S E : Free tours and tastings are held at the new brewery, just down the street from the old site. Otter Creek Brewery, Middlebury, 1-4 p.m. Free. 800-473-0727. ' E D U C A T I N G FOR A GREEN W O R L D ' : Are schools preparing our children for the next century? National policymakers meet concerned citizens at a conference at the College of St. Joseph, Rutland, 9 a.nu - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 7735900x241.

Free; Info, 603-646-2422. A f r t e discussion begins at 3 p.m.

t h e a t e r 'WAR O F T H E W O R L D S ' : See October 26. ' H E L L O DOLLY': See October 27, 2 and 8 p.m.

UVM, $6. The closing program is Anna: 6-18, a study of Soviet life. Hoyts Nickelodeon, 7:30 p.m. $7.

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T h e Juniper Tree, a "tale of beauty and horror, " interpreted by Leanne Ponder and Tim Jennings, Halloween night at Muddy Waters.

H A U N T E D FOREST: See October 28.

R E D U C E D SHAKESPEARE COMPANY: From the New World to the new world order, three intellectual vaudevillians offer their The Complete History of America. Flynn Theatre, Burlington, 7 p.m. $12-19.50. Info, 862-5966. Meet the stars at a Flynn benefit dinner at Coyote Cafe, Burlington, 5 p.m. $15.

Reservations, 863-8778.

f i l m I N T E R N A T I O N A L FILM FESTIVAL: See October 26. Holocaust films dominate the day. Three short works run noon - 2:30 p.m. As If It Were Yesterday is screened at 4 p.m. Billings Theater,

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k i d s PARENTS A N O N Y M O U S M E E T I N G : See October 26.

STORY T I M E : Listen at Children's Pages, Winooski, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 655-1537.

STORY H O U R : Kids between three and five engage in artful educational activities. Milton Public Library, 10:30 a.m. & 1 p.m. Free. Info, 893-4644.

e t c P U M P K I N S H O W : See October 30.

T H E J U N I P E R T R E E ' : Tim Jennings and Leanne Ponder spin a yarn of "beauty, horror and very dark humor." Muddy Waters Coffeehouse, Burlington, 8 p.m., $6. Info, 658-0466.

A L Z H E I M E R ' S P R O G R A M : Family members and professionals learn how to care for someone with Alzheimer's.

Sheraton-Burlington, 8:15 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. $25. Register, 800-698-1022.

ART LECTURE: Vermont painter James Gahagan lectures at the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 6352727.

O Wm eu ds ni ce s d a y J O A N A R M A T R A D I N G : The soulful singer-songwriter shows some emotion at the Flynn Theatre, Burlington, 8 p.m. $27-35. Info, 863-5966.

d a n c e C O N T A C T IMPROV: See October 25.

SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING: See October 31. Christ ChurchEpiscopal, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m.

Donations. Register, 229-9811.

e t c S E N I O R G A T H E R I N G : Elders meet for coffee and conversation. Wheeler School, Burlington, 8:15-10:15 a.m.

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ESSEX CRAFT FAIR: See October 27, 10 a'.m. - 5 p.m.

CELEBRATION O F W O M E N : See October 28.

WALKING T O U R : The Green Mountain Club strays from the wilds for a slow stroll through the famous Hope Cemetery in Barre. Meet at the Montpelier High School Parking Lot, 1 p.m. Free.

Info, 223-7035.

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'MAKING PEACE' SERIES: Peacenik Hank Lambert talks about Badshah Khan — a "nonviolent soldier of Islam."

Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Register, 863-2345. ' O U T ST. ALBANS: Separatist sympathizers gather to watch the outcome of the Canadian elections. McGuel's Irish Burro Pub, St. Albans, 7-10 p.m. Free.

Info, 524-6890.

P U M P K I N S H O W : Eight hundred distinctively carved jack-o-lantcrns burn on a rwo-and-a-half-acre hillside. The American Lung Association ofVermont.

Ellies Farm Market benefits from coffee sales. Ellies Farm Market, Northfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 485-7968.

A D A P T E D SWIM: Disabled folks are invited to swim with one-on-one instruction. Ross Sports Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 6:45-7:30 p.m. Free.

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T E E N HEALTH CLINIC: Teens get information, supplies, screening and treatment for sexually-related problems.

Planned Parenthood, Burlington, 4-7 p.m. Info, 863-6326.

C O M M U N I T Y BAND PRACTICE: Musicians of all levels rehearse with the Waterbury Community Band. Waterbury Congregational Church, 7 p.m. Free.

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© Sunday BACH W I N D P H I L H A R M O N I A : T h e 50-piece wind orchestra plays the Lord of the Rings Symphony and Four Scottish Dances by Malcolm Arnold. U V M Recital Hall, Burlington, 3 p.m. $10.

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T E R E Z I N PROJECT: Robert De Cormier conducts two operas created by musicians at Terezin — a Nazi concentration camp that incarcerated many intellectuals and artists. See story, this issue. Concert Hall, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. $8. Info, 3 8 8 - M I D D .

GREG B R O W N : T h e Grammy nominee plays blues, rock, calypso and jazzinfused tunes at the Knights of Columbus Hall, Middlebury, 7 p.m. $14. Info, 388-0216. ' C H A M B E R W O R K S ' : The Westminster Quartet performs The Musical Offering,

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DANCE BALLET MASTER CLASS: Thursday, October 26, 5:30-7 p.m. U V M Dance Studio, Burlington. $10: Info, 8638778. Vladimir Isseav of the National Ballet of Caracas teaches intermediate and advanced dancers of all ages.

C H I L D R E N ' S BASIC T E C H N I Q U E : Saturday, November 1, ages 4-9 12:15-1 p.m. & ages 10-14, 1:15-2:15 p.m.

Olympiad, S. Burlington, $9. Info, 865-7884.

AFRO-CUBAN D A N C E : Thursdays, 10 a.m. — noon. Capitol City Grange, Montpelier. Fridays 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Chace Mill. Burlington. $8. Info, 9853665. Carla Kevorkian teaches traditional dances of Cuba, Haiti and Brazil.

AFRO-INSPIRED DANCE: Tuesdays 5:30-7 p.m. Hinesburg Town Hall. $8.

Info, 453-4490. Anna Consalvo teaches an Afro-Caribbean-style class with live drumming.

AFRICAN DANCE: Mondays 6c Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m. Memorial Auditorium Loft, Burlington. $8. Info, 862-6727. Padma Cordon teaches the moves with help from the Jeh Kulu Drum Ensemble.

M O D E R N - J A Z Z D A N C E : Slow/intermediate adults, Tuesdays 7-8:30 p.m.

Intermediate/advanced adults, Wednesdays 6:30 p.m. Olympiad, S. Burlington, $9. Info, 985-5216.

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B E G I N N I N G TAIKO: Tuesdays 5 p.m. Memorial Auditorium Loft, Burlington. Thursdays 5:30 p.m.

Hubbard Park Pavilion, Montpelier. $10. Info, 658-0658. Learn Japanese festival drumming from Stuart Paton.

H A N D D R U M M I N G : Mondays 7:309 p.m. 389 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Thursdays in Montpelier. $12. Info, 658-0658. Stuart Paton teaches skin-on-skin music making.

HEALTH & FITNESS M A N A G I N G MIGRAINES: Monday, October 30, 7-8 p.m. Burgess Hall, U V M , Burlington, Free. Register, 8652278. Learn common causes and new treatments for horrible headaches. ' H E A R T & S H O U L D E R S ' : Mondays, October 30 - December 11, 6-9 p.m.

Body Music, Burlington. $90. Register, 860-2814. Susan Gallagher Borg teaches how heart, lungs and glands support shoulders, elbows and wrists.

FUNERCISE: Wednesdays at noon.

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KIDS PARENTS D I S C U S S I O N : Thursday, October 26, 7:30 p.m. Community Center in Jericho $1. Info, 899-3324.

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SPIRIT M E D I T A T I O N : First & third Sundays, 10 a.m. - noon. Burlington Shambala Center. Free. Info, 658-6795. Non-sectarian and Tibetan Buddhist practices are taught. ' C O U R S E IN MIRACLES': Thursdays, 6-8 p.m. 129 Franldih St., Winooski.

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No longer. Increasingly, small-town impresarios are bringing the energy and intimacy of classic Greenwich Village concerts •— minus the cigarette smoke — to Vermont communities. South of Burlington wanna-be coffeehousers are no longer completely reliant on the drive north.

The largest and most ambitious of these events grew out of Middlebury's 17-year-old Festival on the Green, a weeklong series of summer concerts.

Last year, Festival volunteers Harvey and and Carol Green joined forces with Patti and Richard O'Donohue to create the After Dark Music Series.

The six once-a-month concerts will be held in Middlebury's nononsense Knights of Columbus Hall.

Oganizing After Dark has been "lots of hard work and a

real learning process," says Carol Feast or Famine — and his Green, "but also the most fun food-writer wife Andrea I've ever had." Green and her Chessman were inspired by a partners had to choose a name spontaneous home concert last for their series, register it with spring. "We thought it would be the state, locate a venue, get great to share that energy with insurance, design a logo, find the whole area," says Rhuane. and book quality acts, print With fellow Riptonites Tim tickets, brochures and promotional coffee cups. And then sit back to see if anyone would respond.

They needn't have worried. After Dark's first show — with Greg Brown this weekend — sold out in advance.

Upcoming offerings, including Garnet Rogers and Christine Lavin, are selling well.

CONCERT CYCLE: Bristol's Sip n Suds Green is pleased and relieved. "We don't expect Price and Sallie Mack, they preto make money, or even break sent an open mike for local acts even" she says. "We just want to followed by a "star" performer. do well enough so we can do November 1 brings Burlington this again next year." singer/songwriter Rachel Bissex Meanwhile, the first to Robert Frost's old hometown.

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Owners Barbara and Gary James, a gospel singer and harmonica player, respectively, provide an intimate setting, lively music, free refreshments and door prizes. "We love bringing people together," says Barbara James.

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But that's not all for Addison County music fans.

Middlebury's Amigo's Cantina has free concerts every Friday night, with full bar and complete menu. And Middlebury College features a yearlong series of dance and music in the school's new Arts Center, including visits by the Gene Bertoncini Trio, sitar player Shahid Parvez Khan and cabaret singer Weslia Whitfield. Up the road a piece, McGee's Dwon Under in Vergennes offers rock n' roll, a new dance floor, alcohol and — a relief for the smokers

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BY ROB BREZSNY temporary; that even though it hurts so bad atfirst,it hurts so ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19): This is the astrological season good later. Remember? In a few weeks, after you discover when youre most likely to be hypocritical. Im not saying you resources you didn't know you had, you'll be better than fine. will be. I'm simply noting that it'll be easier than usual for VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The word "maze" has several you to act like that San Diego politician who founded the shades of meaning. In its most common usage, it refers to a Center for Family Values despite the fact that he's been marpuzzling tangle of choices that leads nowhere and promises riedfivetimes and owes $18,000 in child support. nothing but frustration. But there are other nuances of the .

As usual, though, it's exacdy when the danger's greatest that term that are less desolate. In ancient myths, the maze was a the opportunities are ripest. If you can manage to avoid being place of ritual testing for the hero, wherein he or she might a duplicitous fraud, 1 bet you 11 strike afeistyblow in behalf of employ ingenuity to win access to a well-hidden treasure or your highest values. lover. In modern behavioral psychology labs, the maze is an TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20): More than anything right now experimental structure used to investigate — and in some you need a ripe, juicy, sweet, ready-to-devour peach. Not cases stimulate — learning in rats. Believe it or not, the maze canned peaches. Not peach pie or peach juice. The real, raw you're wandering in right now has more in common with thing. I know that may be difficult this time of year, but it's , these second two meanings than the first. not impossible. Call around. Be willing to travel. And keep LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I have an idea about how to turn the image of the peach glimmering always in the back of your you into more of a money magnet. Ironically, it requires you mind. But if you can't find that delicious prize, get the nextto ignore the almighty dollar altogether. What I propose is best treat: an intimate encounter with a person who closely that you fantasize about those experiences, people and things resembles a fresh peach. in your life which you've been mostly able to enjoy for free.

Brainstorm, too, about everything you own or do or know 6 EM INI (May 21 -June 20): Don't listen to fortune tellers, which is highly valuable to you but which you would not or busybodies, or fear-mongerers this week. The message they're could not sell. Make a list of all these priceless treasures and likely to burden you with will probably be something like, muse on them frequendy. Like magic, your power to attract "The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an oncoming train." And if you believe that bad advice, youil no greater wealth will grow. doubt turn tail and try to outrun the non-existent train, SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): "Dear Dream Doctor: If you thereby missing your date with destiny. In fact, my impresdie in your dreams, does that mean you're going to actually sionable friend, the light at the end of the tunnel is not some- kick the bucket in real life? Last night I fell into a giant vat of thing to fear, but rather a pretty friendly influence — maybe boiling chocolate, and the next thing I knew I was an angel even theflashlightof a deal-maker. with giant wings that were too heavy toflap.— Scared CANCER (June 21-July 22): Another Halloween. Another Scorpio" Dear Scared: No, dying in dreams doesn't mean stereotype-exploding story featuring a beautiful violation of you're about to meet the Reaper. In fact, just the opposite. It rules that needed to be violated What is it about the Season often indicates you've shed a decaying self-image that's been ; of the Witch that brings out the swashbuckling insurgent in half-killing you, which will in turn lead to a rebirth of your you? All the traditional astrologers can say what they want lust for life. I interpret your dream this way: A blissful immerabout your timidity and passivity. I hereby affirm that when sion in sweet hot love will soon complete the dissolution of you decide to unleash your kaleidoscopic imagination, no one the Old You, and as a result-you'll have to learn to use talents can match your ballsy creativity. that ve been dormant.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Uh-oh. I can sense you whirling into SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): More often than not,

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Right? At least that's what I conclude from the fact that the lucky planet Jupiter and the energizing planet Mars are cruising through your sign in high gear, mitigating other astrological factors that might cause you to fall asleep at the wheel.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): One of the most vexing problems in thefieldofreincarnationis how many people profess to have been famous heroes in their past lives. Another terrible dilemma is the puzzle of overlapping claims. For instance, I personally know three women and one man who insist they were Joan of Arc. To help eliminate these embarrassments, I'm assembling a team of psychics that'll rule on the legitimacy of lofty claims. The Board of Reincarnation Certification should be in operation by spring, 1996. By the way, my research shows that a disproportionately high percentage of you Capricorns were in fact VIPs in past incarnations. And it just so happens that your ability to access the mastery and authority you had back then is now at a peak.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): This week's guest prophet is Hakim Bey, the most accurate madman I know. Here he is with a special Halloween message designed to: 1) excite your generosity; 2) boost your personal influence; 3) invoke your rebel genius: Hakim, take it away: "Pick someone at random and convince them that they're the heir to an enormous, useless and amazing fortune — say, 5000 square miles of Antarctica, or an aging circus elephant, or an orphanage in Bombay, or a collection of alchemical manuscripts. Later they will come to realize that for a few moments they believed in something extraordinary, and will perhaps be driven as a result to seek some more intense mode of existence."

PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): For the world at large, this Halloween season will be like a serious version of April Fools Day. There'll be the same prankish energy and odd twists, but with a greater potential to change real-life situations. The members of many other signs may be scrambling to adjust in the wake of this mischief, but for you most of the anomalies will be pretty benign, some even serendipitous. To get in the mood, wrap your imagination around this Zen koan: What did the Buddhist say to the hot-dog vendor? Make me one with everything. • © Copyright 1995

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And that's the core joke in Barry Sonnenfeid's adaptation of the Elmore Leonard best-seller — the business of big-time feature filmmaking is such a scurrilous affair thar a small-time hood with a half-baked script idea and nerves of steel could readily become a player himself. The truth is, of course, that Hollywood is run by accountants and timid folk with business A~—— -»- -----»>rees. More than anyone, these people just love movies portraying them as brash and naughty. are and Travolta's as irresistible and sinister as anyone in movie history. And, just as in Pulp Fiction, behind it all is . producer Danny DeVito. Life imitates art — or at any rate, entertainment — in this case. The actor costars € as the diminutive A-list name Palmer and his pals woo for their project. ^^P^J As John Travolta knows, if you want to make a movie all the cool cats think is groovy, DeVito is, without ^ ^ a doubt, the shorty to get.

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WHAT'S WRONG WITH THESE PICTURES? Above are photos of six of this country's best-known acton. Their faces are unmistakable, but less recognizable, perhaps, is what five of these six performers have in common. What we'd like from you this week is the name of the star who doesn't belong, along with the reason why...

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F I L M F E S T I V A L This year everybody's favorite film festival rakes the form of a four-day event showcasing movies which commemorate the 50th anniversaries of the United Nations, the end of WWII, the bombing of Hiroshima and the liberation of the concentration camps, and the 25th anniversary of Earth Day. The festival kicks off on Thursday with the Vermont theatrical premiere of Weapons of the Spirit and wraps up Sunday with the U.S. premiere of Anna, the new film from '95 Oscar-winning Nikita {Burnt By the Sun) Mikhalkov. For more information, call 660-2600.

V A M P I R E I N BROOKLYN Who on earth would want to watch a movie in which comebackresistant comedian Eddie Murphy plays a member of the undead? Well, his brother for one (he wrote the script). The question is, will he have any company? My bet is Murphy isn't the only thing in this picture that bites.

POWDE R No, it's not the Bill Gates story. According to co-star Mary Steenburgen, this tale of a really white guy with a superhuman I Q is actually "an allegory about being different." Thank goodness. We were running low on those. Sean Patrick Flanery stars.

DOUBLE H A P P I N E S S Mina Shum wrote and directed this Eat, Drink, Man-Trouble tale in which a young Chinese woman is torn between her desire to please her parents (by marrying some one Chinese) and herself (by hooking up with a white-bread college boy).

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NEVER T A L K TO STRANGERS Okay, enough with the crazy Antonio Banderas roles already.

The Latin Olivier is quickly becoming a south-of-the-border Christopher Walken by taking wigged-out parts in nonsense like Assassins. And now comes this suspect saga of a criminal psychiatrist (Rebecca DeMornay) who thinks she's being stalked by her new boyfriend.

COPY CAT Imitation is the sincerest form of slaughter for the psycho at the center of Jon (Sommersby) Amiel's latest. Holly Hunter and Sigourney Weaver team up to track the sociopath responsible for a series of slayings done in the distinctive styles of the world's most famous mass murderers.

MALL RATS Remember Clerks? Well, this is writer-director Kevin Smith's follow-up to that slacker classic — literally picking up the action the next day. Shannen Doherty stars.

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November photo featuring Why, it's the premiere 1996 Nectar Rorris and Big Joe Good Citizen calendar. Good Burrell, all the pictures are of Citizen, producers of a CD, musicians in concert. "A lot of quarterly music magazine and people are into the music, and video to the 'zine, have come it really shows," says Mark up with yet another musicSasahara, who took several of scene-promoting marketing the calendar's.photos. "I had a scheme: a calendar with black lot of fun taking pictures in and white photos of Burlington general. There's a lot of energy, musicians in action. That guy and the music is great." with an appetite for audio Energetic photos were just equipment is Tom Lawson of what the judges — including I he Pants — and he's not in Good Citizen co-publishers

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If the calendar clearly celebrates the Burlington music scene, it was intended to showcase the photographers as well, according to Smith. "Normally, the photojournalists who shoot for Good Citizen don't get that much exposure," he says. "It's a chance to show them off in a big, glossy, well-produced format."

But the bands, of course, are also big and glossy — including the entrepreneurial Smith's band, Chin Ho! Burlington's music scene is still relatively small, and the fact that a calendar celebrating that scene is essentially being produced by the scene makers bothers some people. "It's like . seeing a good review [of your band]," says Clary, "and then finding out it was written by your best friend."

If Clary is a little cynical about being a pin-up, he's excited all the same. "My dad's going to be, like, 'you're a rock star.' I won't tell my friends I'm excited, because they'll think I'm cheesing out."

No question about it, though: The calendars will make for some nifty-ass holiday presents. Smith promises to keep them as inexpensive as possible, "so my friends can afford it." If you want foliage and snow, just look out your window. It looks better there than hanging on your wall. You just can't say the same for a contorted, sweaty guy eating a microphone. •

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Guitar Instruction for all ages

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Sealy's finest, pristine condition, three years old, no leaks. Was $950 new, asking $450 or best offer. 6581270, ext.201, weekdays.

F O R SALE: Nordic Track ski exerciser with mini time/distance/speed com-

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Regular session, $45; extended session; $60.

Tranquil C o n n e c t i o n , 878-9708.

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T O O L S H E D S only $695.

Built by S T E P - U P for Women. Sold for cost of materials. 8' X 10', erected on site. Call 865-7180 or 865-7142 (TTY).

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est, educated and open-minded male in mid to late 20s. Must enjoy good sense of humor, spontaneity, and the great outdoors.

If this - sounds like you, contact Box P-9.

SILVER FOX: Lonely the problem? .

Solution at hand, pretty classy lady, good dance band. Dinner, movie, options galore, he a n o n - s m o k e r to c o n t i n u e the score (58-65). Box P-8.

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SINCERE, SPIRITED N S N D / N A 3 0 Y O / S W M ; h o m e o w n e r , advocate, writer, photographer, w / n o kids (yet), a n d n o S T D ' s . Seeks passionate, caring w o m a n for friendship, c o m p a n i o n s h i p , a n d possibly an LTR. Box P-3.

W S M 3 0 - Y E A R - O L D W I D O W E R , have good job, good-looking, respectful, likes movies, bicycling, going o u t to eat. Seeking good-looking w o m a n a r o u n d same age, respectable, nice, down-to-earth individual interested in dating a n d friendship.

Box P-6.

E D U C A T E D M A N D W M 35, very attractive, educated, professional, p u b lished writer, poet, linguist. H u m o r o u s , sincere, sensitive, athletic, good conversationalist, romantic. I S O pretty, intelligent w o m a n for LTR. Box P - l .

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