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La Crosse's Free Press VOLUME 11, NO. 3 | FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Michelle Lynn's CD, concert full of Midwest folk Page 7

As the Green Bay Packers prepare for Super Bowl XLV, it's Glory Days for this crew

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PLUS: MIXTAPE LIKE AN EGYPTIAN • PAGE 7 | SWEET JUNIPER! • PAGE 9 | THE ADVICE GODDESS • PAGE 11

PHOTO BY ASHLY CONRAD

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WHERE WERE YOU BORN? La Crosse, WI

TELL US A JOKE: What’s long, green, and smells like pork? Kermit the Frog’s finger

CURRENT JOB: 2nd head cook at Red Pines DREAM JOB: Grow my own food and own a restaurant specializing in gourmet breakfast, working on all ends of the business LAST THING YOU GOOGLED: Marcus Theaters show listening for True Grit IF YOU COULD LIVE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, WHERE WOULD IT BE? In a van down by the river (home is in your head)

WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE: Have a family of my own

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WHAT'S THE LAST THING YOU BOUGHT? Wine, papaya poppy seed dressing, pistachios, clementines, cherry craisins WHAT'S IN YOUR POCKET RIGHT NOW?: Keys, 63 cents in change, cigarettes, wallet, one cigarette butt IF A GENIE GRANTED YOU ONE WISH, WHAT WOULD YOU ASK FOR? To never have to clean up after myself or anything or anyone ever again! (But they say be careful for what you wish for.) FIRST CONCERT YOU WENT TO: Ted Nugent WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PART OF SECOND SUPPER? The drink and food specials HOW DO YOU KNOW KATELYN (LAST WEEK'S INTERVIEW?

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WHAT BOOK ARE YOU CURRENTLY READING? Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

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In Memorium Donald LaCoss, 1964-2011 By Robert Treu

Contributing writer We lost a good friend Monday night, one of the old Second Supper gang, though he hadn’t written for the paper lately. Don LaCoss, French history scholar, devoted anarchist and surrealist, fabulous teacher, great lover and partner, good father, has left us. Years ago The New Yorker ran a cartoon showing an empty desert. The caption: “The World Without Mozart.” That’s what I’m trying to deal with, the world without Don. When Don came to La Crosse to be with Susan Crutchfield (It’s been what? 10 years now?) it was like a fresh prairie wind blowing into town (You are from New England, Don, so you won’t like my metaphor). And he was big. The first time he appeared at a party wearing a Wagnerian wig, it was love at first sight. I fell into his arms. Over the years he taught me a lot. That anarchism was not necessarily violence and disorder, but a proper response to a violent and disorderly system, for one (There are no sweeter arguments than those between an anarchist and a socialist.) That there were Egyptian surrealists writing in French and Arabic in the 1920s, for another. He made Albert Cossery sing to me. He taught my cre-

ative writing class to play Exquisite Corpse. And when I began my serious but inept foray into Buddhism, it was his booming voice that explained: “Bob, you are so not Buddhist.” There was no note of nastiness in his pronouncement, only a kind of joyful, shared irony. Yesterday, as Susan and Virginia (another friend), and myself, sat in the CrutchfieldLaCoss living room, Benjamin, who is trying to absorb the loss of his father, looked up from his electric train to ask: “Why did Daddy die?” The adults cried and Benjamin went back to his train, but over the choking noises my throat was making I could hear you, your powerful, voice, as clear and resonant as the bass bell at Notre Dame: “Will you people stop trying to make sense of this?” There is some cheer in knowing I will be hearing your voice, perhaps less often, but with some regularity, for the rest of my life. Donald LaCoss, anarchist and surrealist, was a history professor at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and an early contributor to Second Supper. His encyclopedic knowledge, warm nature and devastating humor will be both cherished and missed by our staff.

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Things To Do Watch world-class athletes get lifed

The Top Green Bay heroes (2011 edition) 1. Aaron Rodgers 2. Clay Mathews III 3. B.J. Raji 4. John Kuhn 5. James Starks 6. Sam Shields 7. Charles Woodson Packer jams 1. “Bang on the Drum All Day” 2. “Go! You Packers Go!” 3. “Feelin’ So Fly Like A Cheesehead” 4. “The Bears Still Suck!” 5. “Jump in the Stands” 6. “Green and Yellow” 7. “G-Force”

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Missed the Winter X-Games this year? No need to fret, you can still experience an extreme sport (and get your party on too) at the 2011 Snowflake Ski Club Ski Jumping Tournament this weekend in Westby. This nearly 100-year-old event will kick off Friday night with opening ceremonies at 7 p.m.. Beginning at 9 p.m., enjoy fireworks and live music by the Freezers at the nearby Rod & Gun Club. The competition resumes on Saturday with opening ceremonies starting at noon, plus enjoy live music by Mr. Blink from 3-7 p.m. Admission is $15 pre-sale, $20 at the gate -- and is completely worth it. If you’ve never rocked out at the Westby Ski Jump before, make this your year. Some of the world’s finest jumpers will be hitting the slopes and soaring over 100 meters for your entertainment. Hot food, drinks, bonfires and tailgating will be available on site.

Get the heads up from the left

The Coulee Region Progressives are inviting the community to their Seventh Annual Progressive State of the Union Party this Friday night at the Hmong Cultural and Community Center,1815 Ward Ave. This gathering will provide an opportunity to mix and mingle with community members, to celebrate the year's accomplishments and to look ahead to the challenges of the upcoming year. This year's SOTY celebration will begin at 5 p.m. with a potluck dinner. Bruce Speight, director of the Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group, will deliver the kenote address at 7:30 p.m. Donations will be accepted at the door on a sliding scale of $2 to $20 to help cover costs and raise funds for future events. The progressives will also be collecting non-perishable food items, but no one will be turned away for lack of either.

Dash through the snow

Bundle up, strap on your snowshoes and join Human Powered Trails for a 3-mile group hike this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the trailhead on Highway FA, near the National Weather Service's "Doppler ball." Cross-country skiers and winter outdoor fanatics of any kind are also welcome to participate. Afterwards stick around for a Wisconsin-style tailgate party with friends, grilled food, and hot and cold beverages. For more information and directions, visit www.humanpoweredtrails.com

Giddyup to Branson in La Crescent

Tap in to America and country music tradition at the the awardwinning Branson on the Road, presented by the La Crescent Chamber of Commerce this Saturday at 7 p.m. at the La Crescent High School Fine Arts Center. This show will keep you tapping your feet, laughing and smiling, and it brings all the fun of a Branson, Missiouri right into your backyard! Classic country, hilarious comedy, bluegrass, rockabilly and hand clappin’ gospel make this a show you won’t forget! Reserved seating tickets are $15 each. Call (507) 895-5150 to get your ticket today!

Do some good at the big game

Blitz hunger while cheering on the Packers at the 2nd-annual Soup-er Bowl Sunday Food Drive this weekend at participating taverns. The Hunger Task Force, La Crosse County Tavern League and Coors Light are teaming up to sponsor the event. All you have to do is bring in a can of soup to a participating tavern on Super Bowl Sunday and you will get one free Coors Light! Help your favorite tavern gain bragging rights and a sweet trophy! All donations go to The Hunger Task Force of La Crosse to assist those in need. So while your loading up your good luck charms, don’t forget to pack the soup!

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Allow me to provide a cynical attitude toward the so-called civilized world’s supportive responses to the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. These revolts, portrayed as grass roots movements of the people in response to repressive leaders, have been hailed by governmental PR folks as noble exercises in liberty. In sanctimonious tones, America’s spokesmen pledge our lip service support to these embattled people as they struggle against armed and licensed to kill oppositions. Not being intimately acquainted with the motivations or politics behind either movement, the only response I feel appropriate for me to have is that I’m guardedly glad that these people are standing up for themselves. However, it strikes me as fairly ridiculous that America seems to be hitching its moral wagons to Tunisia and Egypt without actually doing anything to help. Just as sports fans use the Royal We in describing their favorite teams, quite a few spectators of democracy seem to have the attitude that a victory for the people of Tunisia and Egypt is a victory for lovers of democracy everywhere. I’m sorry to burst the bubble of those whose biggest worry in life is who wins the Super Bowl, but unless you’re on the field, you will never win a game. Likewise, it’s easy to cheer on the cause of democracy and the advancement of civilization in impoverished countries when you’re not actually there doing the work. And as great as many things are about America, one of its greatest faults is that its people have become a nation largely comprised of spectators. I’m no different. I remember watching the madness that followed Iran’s presidential elections in 2009, in which Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won a pretty sketchy re-election. People lost their goddamn minds and took to the street, risking injury and death against government forces and deputized goon squads — and sometimes getting it. I followed all the chaos, awe-struck, wondering why this explosion of democracy never happens in America. You know, like in 2000, when our own divinely ordained doofus won the presidency under dubious means. But that’s not our style anymore. Activism has been outsourced. Much of the reason for that is because we’re very safe (and we have all of that delicious safety to lose). Most citizens of the world’s most advanced countries don’t live in fear of cops bursting through their doors and gunning them down. Oh, they’re repressed, but they’re not violently repressed. The groupthink required to spark these massive demonstrations is pretty much incapable of getting fired up over vague concepts like wage slavery, economic warfare, bailout heiresses,

Second Supper censorship, and corporate mismanagement — and it’s even more difficult to get people to stand up if they first have to put down their computers. It’s hard to get people into the streets without a visible atrocity — and even then, how many of us watched Columbine, 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the BP oil spill as though they were fictional news channel sitcoms? I know I did. Another reason why Americans don’t take to the streets and howl for liberty might be because the cops would call it a riot and club, tear gas and Tazer all the protesters until it was squashed (see: WTO Protests, Seattle, 1999). Just like what’s happening to those citizens of those fine countries the free world is currently rallying behind. Democracy is a fine idea, but a government’s a government, power is power, and job security often masquerades as national security. I’ll say this until I die: the main difference between good and evil as they’re commonly defined is opportunity. American culture proclaims that one revolt was good enough. On the subject of national misbehavior, America is the equivalent of that old hippie who talks your ear off about how he fought The Man back in the ‘60s, though these days he spends his days crusading online for the legalization of pot. We all think we’re rebels, with our countless ways of self-customization that tell that big, uncaring world that we are different, we are special. But (fully anticipating the English majors) democracy and freedom — two quite opposite concepts, actually — are meant to be verbs, not adjectives, not static possessions. They aren’t found in the spoiled and often psychotic posturing of wannabe Founding Fathers like those you find in the Tea Party. They’re not found on the computer screens of those sanctimonious lefties who feel that all it takes to bring reason and light to the world is a well-placed Tweet blasting said Tea Party or some other conservative sacred cow. Yes, speech is a vital part of exerting one’s freedom, but pointless, entitled and actionless speech is often worse than silence. If there is any aspect in our sanitized world that holds the exciting danger of real revolt, I’ve found it in the recent phenomenon of Internet whistleblowing personified by WikiLeaks. I love that for quite a few of us who live in a country where free speech is such an unquestioned right that corporations were allowed to enact a hostile takeover of it, websites that dare to call bullshit on the objectionable excesses of those in power are somehow beyond the pale. Love them or hate them, the people running these sites are the new poster children of First World revolt, putting themselves in real danger for a cause they believe in. And if this phenomenon becomes a subculture of leaderless, permanent vigilance, so much the better. Problem is, it’s easier and more encouraged in America’s modern culture not to be this brave. Instead, it’s easier to jettison our convictions when they become inconvenient, when we clock in for work, when we’re put out in public, when there’s a chance someone — anyone — will disapprove. As much as we bitch, there’s such an air of resigned depression in our culture that not only recognizes but tolerates the banality of evil. That’s a sure sign of a civilization’s decline.

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Meet the curator of Packer wonderland By Adam Bissen adan.bissen@secondsupper.com There are a lot of Packer fans in the world and a lot of bars in this state, but you’d have to search pretty far to find a Packer bar quite like Glory Days. This La Crosse institution at the corner of Fourth and King is equal parts watering hole, museum and Cheesehead wonderland. Every square inch, excepting the worn floor, is plastered in some variation of team colors or adorned with Packer artifacts dating to the Curly Lambeau era. All of it, every piece, so much that he has no idea how many are hanging on his walls, is property of owner Mark Schneider, a small businessman and lifelong Packers fan who clearly loves his job (or at least seemed to during this magical playoff run). Although the green-and-gold bar looks like it’s been there forever, Schneider opened Glory Days Sports Pub in 1996 — right before the Packers' last Super Bowl win. “I was single and had a house full of Packers stuff, a normal job, and it was kind of boring,” Schneider explained this week, during a lull in the Pro Bowl. “Then I got married and the wife says ‘You can’t have this shit all over the house.’ … So I got the bar and put it all up, and now I can come in everyday and see Packers stuff.” The collectables roster includes everything from bobble-heads and key chains to

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COMMUNITY an unused ticket to the Ice Bowl, the nameplate from Vince Lombardi’s door and the trousers Reggie White wore in Super Bowl XXXI. The walls are adorned with signatures and well-wishes from over 100 current and former Packers. But Schneider’s connections to the team go deeper than simply owning a welldecorated Packer bar. He also has season tickets and, even more coveted, shares of Green Bay Packers team stock. Schneider has been searching like mad for Super Bowl tickets (even making an explicit plea into this reporter’s recorder), but so far he has struck out. Schneider sounds alternately glum and peeved about this fact, but as consolation he did make it to Super Bowl XXXI in New Orleans. “That was like a dream come true,” Schneider sighed. “They came; they saw; they won. I lost my voice. I must have shook 10,000 people’s hands that night and told them about the new Packers’ dynasty.” But while Schneider is bummed he won’t be at the big game in Arlington, Glory Days regulars are glad he’ll be there for the Super Bowl — cheering into his bullhorn, ringing his bell, pouring shots and giving away Packer trinkets, just like he always does. And while his bar is inexorably linked to Packer games, Schneider only has one prediction for what Glory Days will be like after the season is finally over: “A lot more sparkle. Bling-bling, baby!”

Root for any other team? Don't be cruel By Ben DeLine Special to Second Supper Elvis may have left the building for good, but don't worry — you can still find Packer Elvis at Glory Days. You may have seen this fan in his green and gold overalls, flaxen Elvis hair with green sideburns and shiny gold sunglasses (or green ones with blinking LEDs for night games). Maybe you have seen him at Packer Mecca, Lambeau Field, with a brat and a beer on the big screen during a timeout. His name is Ted Withey, and he is the biggest Packer fan in La Crosse. Just don't tell his friend Mark, the owner of Glory Days, where he is every Sunday unless he's watching the Pack in person — which he does quite often, possessing the holy grail of Packer fandom: season tickets. "I've been a Packer fan since I was 6," Ted said. "My father was a Packer fan, and it’s the only team I've ever followed." Ted knows his Packers, literally. He's a friend of Bart Starr and many of the old ‘60s Packers. He became Packer Elvis more recently. "I was at a Bucs game versus the Packers with a good friend of mine in Tampa," he said. "One booth was selling the hair, another was selling the overalls." The rest is history. Ted was born and raised in Prairie du Chien and though he has seen his share of the rest of the world, he is a Wisconsinite

through and through. He enlisted in the Army at 17, then came back and graduated from UW-L. He's lived in Chicago, Detroit, Tampa and Portland but was never swayed by fair weather local team success. "If you are from somewhere else, go ahead, support your team, but if you're from Wisconsin, you're either a Packer fan or a communist." Ted ain't no communist. "Some of the best times of my life happened at Lambeau Field," says Ted. Many of them also happened at Glory Days when he retired and moved back to God's Country in 1998. He brought his first wife, Myra, to Glory Days. When she passed away, he kept his chin up, kept watching the Pack and eventually found himself another keeper, also named Myra. "You gotta enjoy life," says Ted. "Who knows if we'll be here to do it tomorrow." With the Packers heading back to the big show where they belong and Vince looking down with a sparkle in his eye, Ted is sure practicing what he preaches. "There's Packer fans all over the world, but there's nothing like Glory Days. Mark is an entertainer," says Ted. "We ridicule him and give him a hard time, but he's got his heart and soul in this place." This reporter agrees.

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Review: 'Almost' a bit too cutesy, but LCT's cast is 'Maine' success By Jonathan Majak jonathan.majak@secondsupper.com “Almost, Maine,” the quirky comedy currently playing at the La Crosse Community Theatre, is a show that is almost too cutesy, too clever and too sentimental for its own good but overcomes these faults of the script through the talent of its four actors. Set in a fictional community in Maine, the play is a collection of short vignettes taking place over one winter’s night as characters fall in (and out) of love in a series of scenes that are loosely connected to one another. There is an almost endearingly amateurishness to the script of “Almost, Maine,” a show that flopped in New York City when it debuted in 2006 but has gone on to be a hit across the country; according to a recent New York Times, “Almost, Maine” was the most produced play in high schools in 2010. The show derives a lot of its humor from taking shop-worn phrases like “Waiting for the other shoe to drop” and “Falling in love” and making them literal. Other shoes drop from the skies, people literally fall for someone in this show. Depending on whether you smiled or grimaced at the previous sentence is sort of a gauge of how you’ll enjoy the production, in least in terms of the show itself. One person’s sweet is another person’s saccharine. Yours truly found himself enjoying himself in spite of our cold, apathetic hipster heart because the performers in the show themselves, under the direction of Greg Parmeter, didn’t completely turn themselves over to the cutesy cute. As the central four performers, Stacy Bruemmer, Tim Harris, Kelley Manson and Dan Radtke are charged with the sort on unenviable task of having to embody some 19 characters. If some of the characters end up blurring together, it’s not the fault of the ca-

pable actors in the show as it’s hard to differentiate people who are less three dimensional characters and more like 2-D vehicles for plot points. A testament to the quality of the acting is that every pairing that happens in the show has chemistry. It’s sort of a miraculous thing as just one person or one pairing not working could completely derail a show like “Almost, Maine.” For this reviewer, the stand out scenes are in the second act. And no, it’s not just because two of them are sort of sad. While the first act is probably the funnier of the two, the second act manages to be both funny and appropriately poignant with its treatment of love as the whimsical nature is dialed back and the actual human emotions are dialed up. The scenes “Where It Went,” “Story of Hope,” and “Seeing the Thing” are so good at points that it made me a little mad that the first act is such hack writing in parts. The set design, as per usual at the La Crosse Community Theatre, is a true delight as Dillon McArdle has created overall realistic winter setting that allows for the appropriate amount of whimsy to intrude in. The lighting design, also done by McArdle, is great, particularly in the first scene “Her Heart” when the Northen Lights appear. Overall, “Almost, Maine” works more than it doesn’t because of the cast and the direction of Greg Parmeter and makes for a fun, if occasionally too sweet, evening of theatre.. “Almost, Maine” opened Jan. 28 at the La Crosse Community Theatre and runs until Feb. 13. Adult tickets are $22, Student and Military $10 (Thursday and Sunday), Student Rush tickets $10. Shows are 7:30 pm Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. For box office info: 7849292 ext. 2 for tickets.

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Oh Egypt, how are you holding up? Things have been a bit cray cray the past week or so haven’t they? If you’ve been too busy doing the “Second Supper” Sudoku to read up on what is going on, let us do some informing. Basically, a large segment of the Egyptian population wasn’t what you would say terribly enthused with President Hosbi Mubarak, who has been president of Egypt longer than any of one Charlie Sheen’s porn star pals have been alive. With accusations of police brutality, corruption and legalized censorship, citizens took to the street for a protest called “Friday of Anger,” which coincidentally is what I call days after enjoying too much Thirsty Thursday. Anyway the protests are continuing and at the time of this Mixtape being put together, Mubarak had said he would not run for another election. With this ever changing

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By Jonathan Majak jonathan.majak@secondsupper.com

on Facebook. With the unrest in Egypt, President Obama has been trying to find a delicate way to handle things because other countries with unrest amongst their people want to see how the United States will respond to them as well. According to reports, President Obama urged Mubarak to not run for office again. The situation leads to our last song from this mixtape, “Turning Tables” off of Adele’s out-in-England new album “21.” It’s a tricky thing for our president as Mubarak had been considered one of the United States’ closest Arab allies. We just hope that everybody can make it out of this situation in relatively one piece and without nary a “Walk Like an Egyptian” joke uttered. As always, we wish you love, peace and downloads! Can’t get enough of the Mixtape? Become a citizen of the Majak Kingdom and get your daily Mix on at the Majak Kingdom blog www.majakkingdom.blogspot. com Buy: The Go! Team’s new album “Rolling Blackouts.” (Seriously, do it.) YouTube: Lykke Li “I Follow Rivers” music video Read: The Citizen Insane www.thecitizeninsane.com

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story unfolding, we here have decided to put together a mix for the occasion in what we are dubbing our “Hieromixtape Mix.” First up, we lead off with one of our favorite songs “I Predict a Riot” by Kaiser Chiefs, from their first album “Employment.” The Egyptian protests come on the heels of protests happening in Tunisia as residents of that country starting taking to the streets in December 2010 to protest unemployment, corruption, the lack of freedom of speech. The protests led to the ouster of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali after some 23 years of being the president of the country. We’re pretty sure there is some fashion editor at some style magazine feverishly trying to pitch to Anna Wintour how protests are the new thing, which will invariably lead to some in-bad-taste-in-fabulous-clothes photo shoot in an issue of a magazine we will immediately pick up. If there is a God in this world. Though, if it did happen, it’s pretty likely that a lot of Egyptians wouldn’t know of it at all, which leads us to our next song “Rolling Blackouts” from The Go! Team’s new album of the same title. Mubarak’s government instituted a blackout of all Internet access and mobile services for a period of time. Egyptians all across the country found themselves without the ability to e-mail or get up-to-the-second information or play Zuma

With the exception of the latest Iron & Wine LP, I have been very disappointed with modern “folk” music lately. I use quotation marks here because, technically, I’m not using that genre correctly and I don’t want to piss off any of my hipster friends. What I should say is that lately I have been disappointed with the perplexingly multifaceted and somewhat contradictory sub-genre that is currently known as contemporary alternative folk. Lately a lot of these “folk” artists seem to think that branding themselves with this genre gives them artistic license to abandon all drive and creativity in exchange for a lazy, regurgitated and uninspired sound. I’ve heard a lot of music critics accredit the cult popularity of “O Brother, Where art Thou?” with the monstrous “indie folk” uprising that has happened over the past few years. Seriously? I mean, I’ll admit I have the soundtrack on my iPod, (with a play count at 23, for those of you keeping score), but I didn’t see it as grounds for some kind of mu-

By Jason Crider jason.crider@secondsupper.com

sical revolution. I’m probably just too main- exploration. stream to understand it all though. Throughout the album’s thirteen That being said, I was mentally prepar- tracks, Lynn sings with a sense of genuine ing myself for even more disappointment conviction and honesty, with a voice that I when I started listening to the folk-influ- can only describe as soulful and powerful. enced Sundial Tree by Midwestern singer/ Sundial Tree is, at the very core, a solid alsongwriter Michelle bum filled with songs that Lynn. I wasn’t disare simultaneously upbeat appointed at all and calming, which gives though; it took a few the listener a feeling of spins, but I’m startoneness with nature withing to really get into out any of that cliché hippie this album. Sundial nonsense. Lynn is joined on Tree is a concept althe album by “the Bad Pasbum that Lynn desengers,” a name referring scribes as focusing to bassist Adam Ptacek, who on the relationship is also Lynn’s boyfriend, between nature, and drummer Matt Olson, mathematics, beauty who recorded the album and time, a somein his basement studio in what eclectic, yet surOnalaska. Olson is known prisingly harmonious in the La Crosse area for his assortment of ideas work as Brahman Shaman, that flow quite natua band in which he writes, Michelle Lynn rally with the feel of plays, records and producSundial Tree the album. What I es all of his own music. found most refresh ing about this album was that it didn’t consist Michelle Lynn and the Bad Passengers, Brahman of the typical singles-oriented structure that Shaman and Mouse Pocket will be playing an allmany modern albums become crippled by; ages show at the Root Note on Friday, Feb. 4 at rather it flows more like one solid musical 8:30 p.m.

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music directory // February 4 to February 10 FRIDAY,

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Pat McCurdy ('Sconnie classics) • 10 p.m.

JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE // FEB. 12 High Noon Saloon • $13

FREIGHT HOUSE // 107 Vine St. Rose River (acoustic) • 6 p.m.

DEERHOOF // FEB. 16 High Noon Saloon • $14

JB'SSPEAKEASY // 717 Rose St. Fuzzy HD, Pound Cake (alt-rock) • 10 p.m.

NEUIE'S VARSITY CLUB // 1920 Ward Ave. The El Caminos (rock/country) • 9 p.m.

GALACTIC // FEB. 17 Majestic Theatre • $18 Hip-hop heads, do you enjoy crisp boom-bap beats, danceable flows, original production, high-energy sets and a Midwestern sensibility? Then we'll going to go on a limb and say you'll enjoy The Tribe & Big Cats, a rising Minneapolis group that headliners for a Saturday night show at the Root Note. Billed as the Forward Thinkers Movers Shakers Tour, the evening will also feature twotime National Poetry Slam champion Guante and special guest Claire Taubenhaus. The all-ages show begins at 8:30 p.m. with a $3 cover charge. So put on your freshest hoodie, clean out your ear holes and get hype!

YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND // FEB. 19 Orpheum Theatre • $23.50 UMPHREY'S MCGEE // MARCH 2-3 Barrymore Theatre • $25

PEARL STREET BREWERY // 1401 St. Andrew St.

Travis Oppelt (Paxico) • 5 p.m. PIGGY'S BLUES LOUNGE // 501 Front St. S. Ross William Perry Band (blues) • 8 p.m.

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BOOT HILL PUB // 1501 St. Andrew St. Jerry Anderson & Eric Larson (lounge, variety) • 5:30 p.m.

KING'S KORNER // 1321 S. Eighth St. Orrico Bros. (bluegrass) • 6 p.m.

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FREIGHT HOUSE // 107 Vine St. Rose River (acoustic) • 6 p.m.

THE WATERFRONT TAVERN // 328 Front St. Greg Balfany Jazz 4tet (jazz) • 8 p.m.

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DEL’S BAR // 229 Third St. VITERBO FINE ARTS CENTER // 929 Jackson St. Cheech & Andy (from T.U.G.G) • 10 p.m. JB'SSPEAKEASY // 717 Rose St. La Crosse Symphony Orchestra w/ LinDream 13, Chicane Theory (local hard POPCORN TAVERN // 308 S. Fourth St. da Balgord (“Song & Dance”) • 7:30 p.m. POPCORN TAVERN // 308 S. Fourth St. rock) • 10 p.m. Weird Ass Trio (Heatbox, The Feelin' Paulie (one-man band) • 10 p.m. and Maxaphone) • 10 p.m. LEO & LEONA'S // W1436 Hwy. 33 (Bangor) SUNDAY, RECOVERY ROOM // 901 7th St. S. Fayme Rochelle & The Waxwings THE ROOT NOTE // 114 4th St. S. POPCORN TAVERN // 308 S. Fourth St. Kin Pickin' (open jam) • 10 p.m. (bluegrass, traditional) • 8 p.m. Michelle Lynn, Brahman Shaman, Som'n Jazz (jazz) • 10 p.m. Mouse Pocket (folk pop) • 8:30 p.m. THE ROOT NOTE // 114 4th St. S. PIGGY'S BLUES LOUNGE // 501 Front St. S. Boo Bradley (Delta blues) • 8 p.m. Ross William Perry Band (blues) • 8 p.m. MONDAY, THE WAREHOUSE // 324 Pearl St. Cain & Abel, Befriend & Betray, Burn POPCORN TAVERN // 308 S. Fourth St. DEL’S BAR // 229 Third St. THURSDAY, the Ides, Look, I’m Burning, This Em- The Kokopellians (jam grass) • 10 p.m. Open Jam • 10 p.m. brace (pop-punk) • 6:30 p.m. DEL’S BAR // 229 Third St. RED PINES BAR & GRILL // W7305 Hwy Z JB'SSPEAKEASY // 717 Rose St. Derek Ramnarace (pop reggae) • 10 p.m. THE WATERFRONT TAVERN // 328 Front St. Don D. Harvey (songwriter) • 7:30 p.m. Hip Hop Open Mic • 9:30 p.m. Greg Balfany Jazz 4tet (jazz) • 8 p.m. DEWEY'S // 621 St. Paul St. RIVER JACK'S //1835 Rose St. POPCORN TAVERN // 308 S. Fourth St. Randy's Corner (songwriters) • 5 p.m. SATURDAY, Double Take (classic rock) • 8 p.m. Shawn's Open jam • 10 p.m. MAGGIE’S // 205 Main St. (Onalaska) BOOT HILL PUB // 1501 St. Andrew St. THE ROOT NOTE // 114 4th St. S. Co'Duo (Shay and Joe Cody) • 6 p.m. TUESDAY, Jerry Anderson & Eric Larson (lounge, The Tribe, Big Cats, Guante (hip-hop, variety) • 5:30 p.m. spoken word) • 8:30 p.m. POPCORN TAVERN // 308 S. Fourth St. POPCORN TAVERN // 308 S. Fourth St. Fuzzy HD (alt-rock) • 10 p.m. Dave Orr (open jam) • 10 p.m. FOX HOLLOW // N3287 HIGHWAY OA. THE STARLITE LOUNGE // 222 Pearl St. Sellout (‘80s & 90s covers) • 9 p.m. Jim Piela Quartet (jazz) •8 p.m. THE STARLITE LOUNGE // 222 Pearl St. THE ROOT NOTE // 114 4th St. S. Kies and Kompanie (jazz) • 5 p.m. 3rd Relation Jazz Trio (jazz) • 8:30 p.m.

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February 3, 2011 // 9

YOUR GUIDE TO CONSUMPTION

The Beer Review Winterland Hinterland Brewery Green Bay, Wisconsin I have an interesting slate of beers from all over America to review this month, but let’s get serious: This week is all about da Packers. I’m sure you could drink just about anything to support the boys (although Miller Lite did drop millions of dollars to sponsor a Lambeau Field end zone), but I’ll just get with the spirit of the times and buy something that says Green Bay. Thankfully, that means the Hinterland Brewery. I’ve always regarded Hinterland as a quality Wisconsin microbrewery with a small

assortment of classic styles, but their latest release is a truly inspired seasonal. Released in December, the Winterland is an American porter brewed with local juniper berries. That northern conifer is an unexpected nod to the snowy environs, but after taking a sip, the berries actually seem like natural addition to beer (and in fact they were favored as a preservative by pre-modern brewers, much as hops are today). I’d never heard any other juniper beers, but apparently this was Hinterland’s first winter seasonal way back in 1995. Fans had been requesting its return for years, and in 2010 — much like our beloved Pack — the Winterland is back. Purchase: 4-pack of Hinterland Winterland from Woodman’s, $7.89. Style: American porter

Strength: 7.5 percent ABV Packaging: Winterland’s pale blue label depicts a snow-dusted tree line beneath a winter sky. Appearance: The beer pours an opaque molasses color with a chocolate head that’s fat, foamy and long-lasting. Aroma: When you first open a bottle, the juniper berry aroma explodes like a piney blueberry yogurt, but as the beer warms more “porter-y” smells like smoke and dark chocolate appear. Taste: The juniper gives the Winterland a fair amount of bitterness, but the powerful porter covers most of the taste. The dominant flavors are roasted malts, bakers’ chocolate and figs, though the alcohol and the juniper berries leave an interesting aftertaste of gin.

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Mouthfeel: Rather full-bodied for the style, the Winterland is also a little slimy and leaves nice salivation. Drinkability: Winterland comes packaged in 16-ounce bottles, which is probably enough for one sitting, but an evening walk in falling snow may call for two. Ratings: With 10 reviews, BeerAdvocate scores this an A-, while a smaller crop of reviewers on RateBeer give it an 82. I’d recommend the Winterland for its uniqueness, not only because of the juniper berries but also because it’s the rare porter given the “winter warmer” treatment. Props to president Obama for ordering cases of Hinterland for his Super Bowl party. Also, go Packers! — Adam Bissen

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Taco buffet 11-2; $1 Pabst bottles and $1 bowling after 9

All you care to eat pizza buffet, 11-2 (Holmen)

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Ladies Night, $1 off all drinks, 4 to All you can eat boneless wings, inclose; Pint-Aritas $3 (lime or straw- cludes a choice of potatoe, slaw and berry) a frosted pint, 4-9:30 p.m., $8.99

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$3 Bacardi mixers; $3 Three Olives vocka mixers (8 flavors); $2 domestic pints and $2 rail mixers

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Happy hour 4 to 9 p.m.; 9 p.m. to 9 p.m. to close: $3.50 domestic 9 p.m. to close: $1 rails, $2.50 pitch- $5 all you can drink close: Night Before Class - $3 pitch- pitchers ers, beer pong ers of the beast

9 p.m. to close: $1.25 rails, $1.75 bottles/cans

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Tuesday Boozeday $1 off all liquor Happy Hour 5 to 7 p.m. drinks and 50 cents off all shots, $2 Bombs

9 p.m. to close: $2 Captain mixers, $2 bottles/cans, $3 Jager bombs

Happy Hour 5 to 7 p.m.

Hat Night: Buy 1 drink, get 1 free w/ Rail drinks $2 (4:30 to close); Buckets of beer $10, Boston Bobby's Margaritas $4 (Straw, rasp, mango, hat (4:30 to close); $1.50 chili dogs After 8 p.m. specials: $5 skewer of drummies 10 for $2 (4:30 to close), peach and reg); After 8 p.m. specials: (after 8 p.m.) shrimp,l $1.79 burger, $1.50 chili dogs $1.79 burger (after 8 p.m.) $5 skewer of shrimp, $1.79 burger

$1.50 Tacos, $4.99 nachos;: $11 Tacos: $11 buckets during pro and 12-inch pizza $8.99 buckets during pro and college foot- college football games. Happy Hour Happy Hour 2 to 6 p.m. ball games. 2 to 6 p.m.; $2 pints all day $1 Taps & Rails during the game ; Wristband night starts at 6 p.m.

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DIVERSIONS "Prez Pet Parade" Livin' in the White House

By Erich Boldt By Matt Jones

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ACROSS 1 Bullets 5 Quiet assassin 10 Bucket of chicken piece 14 Short Tim Conway character in sportsthemed videos 15 Dances at weddings 16 ___-Day vitamins 17 Undulating dance 18 Athlete's superstitious footwear from Reagan and Clinton? 20 New Mexico or Colorado county 22 Grand ___ Opry 23 Former South Korean president ___ Tae-woo 24 Board game partner from Nixon and Clinton?

29 How the apathetic feel 30 "I hate ___ to pieces!" (Mr. Jinks catchphrase) 33 Major school of Buddhism 37 Pi, for instance 38 Bust ___ (laugh really hard) 39 Dumb male hunk from LBJ and Obama? 42 Poi base 43 Charlotte ___ (clothing store) 45 Handout at the doctor's office 47 Does some tailoring 49 "Deal ___ Deal" 50 Pasta-corn concoction from Kennedy and Carter? 56 "Takin' Care of Business" group, to fans

Answers to Jan. 27 puzzle "In a Hotspot" â&#x20AC;&#x201D; They're connecting wirelessly, sorta

58 Direction opposite WSW 59 Response to "Swiper, no swiping!" on "Dora the Explorer" 60 Park worker's hangout for Bush Sr. and Bush Jr.? 65 "___ Rock" (Simon & Garfunkel song) 66 Neighborhood 67 Couples, in the tabloids 68 Cub or Card, for short 69 A long time to wait 70 Oklahoma tribe 71 "What ___ is there?" DOWN 1 Improvised, like a committee 2 Roof location 3 1957 hit by The Bobbettes 4 Joan ___ 5 Home of the Penguins 6 Debt voucher 7 Govt. agency that oversees reactors 8 One of the Brothers Grimm 9 It may be sought 10 Do some courting 11 How some tableware is created or etched 12 "Hold On, Hold On" singer Case 13 Deep cut 19 Passover feast 21 "___ me" ("I'm fine

with it") 25 "In the Valley of ___" (2007 Tommy Lee Jones film) 26 Rajah's wife 27 It'll all come out in the wash 28 Companion of taxes 31 Dublin's land 32 Chimney sweep grime 33 Johnny formerly of The Smiths 34 Chills and fever 35 Bribery of sorts 36 In a daze 40 Home with hay bales 41 Defunct science magazine 44 Pageant host 46 Comic strip possum 48 Company behind Hello Kitty 51 Takes five 52 River that starts in the Swiss Alps 53 "___ thumbs..." 54 Pacifies 55 Rimshot need 56 "Ratatouille" director Bird 57 "American Pie" actress Reid 61 Stove fuel 62 Princess's problem 63 Astonished text 64 Mao ___-tung ÂŠ2010 Jonesin' Crosswords (editor@ jonesincrosswords. com)

Second Supper

February 3, 2011 // 11

THE LAST WORD

The Advice Goddess By Amy Alkon amy.alkon@secondsupper.com Queasy credit My girlfriend and I are planning to get

married this year. Her finances are in perfect order (she’s frugal, with no debts, while I owe $8K on credit cards), so we agreed that she’d manage our money after marriage. But recently, something happened that has me worried. I bought a ski jacket and asked her opinion on it (color, style) and bragged that I’d gotten it for only $40. We both love deals, and she likes to have input into how I dress. But, she turned what used to be a fun moment together into a lecture about how I don’t need another jacket and should be clearing my debt instead of spending. I’m afraid I’ll see this escalating after marriage. — Hammered “Hey, honey!” you call to your girlfriend, who looks up from the sink where she’s rinsing out plastic bags to reuse. “How do I look in my spiffy new jacket?” Of course, you’re fishing for a

compliment — “Like a million bucks!” — not an estimate: “Like $8,040 in debt, if you don’t count fees and interest.” Unfortunately, one man’s el-cheapo ski jacket is one woman’s quilted nylon warning sign. The way you see it, it’s not like you did a P. Diddy and splurged on some one-of-a-kind parka they had to kill 20 ostriches and a baby seal to make. The way she sees it, there’s always going to be a $40 something-or-other twinkling at you from a store window, and instead of the voice of fiscal prudence, you’ll hear “Visa: It’s everywhere you want to be!” (Modeling cut-rate ski-wear in bankruptcy court?) Couples who have no problem laying out their weird sex proclivities on date three go all shy schoolgirl when it comes to talking about money, or figure they’ll just get married and work out the financial nittygritty later. Bad idea. A person’s relationship with money is complex: It comes out of how they were raised, experiences they’ve had, and their genetics. You and your girlfriend are overdue for a frank discussion about how you each view money (Hopes! Fears! Dreams!), the origins of your thinking, and where you think your shortcomings are. Opening up about your money issues should help you have compassion for each other’s fears: in her case, living pawn ticket to pawn ticket; in your case, spending a lifetime having your allowance docked by your mother. You can probably come up with reasons for buying that ski jacket (“No sooner did I come home than she was raining on my

parade!”). But, since you’re about to enter a partnership, it would be a show of good faith to act more like a partner — like your actions have bearing on the whole. You and she should probably have a joint account for mutual expenses (bills, trips, savings) and separate accounts to use as you wish. As long as you’re paying off your debt and aren’t racking up more, you two should have a deal that she doesn’t get to lecture you or even give you an eye roll about what you buy. But, before you marry, be sure that you can accept each other’s differences. For a relationship to work, you need to find “that thing your partner does” endearingly annoying as opposed to annoyingly annoying…even if you can’t buy into their notion that the fundamental human needs are air, water, food, shelter and bugging the dog with the coolest new battery-operated, radio-controlled helicopter.

might test your comfort level with a request for some bizarre item for their bedroom — like a table lamp from Crate & Barrel. And, at the ceremony, you will probably be asked to participate in some weird rituals like toasting to the couple’s happiness and eating cake. Beyond that, a gay wedding is “a regular wedding” in that two people in love are pledging to spend their lives together. They’ll let you know, in subtle or direct ways, what to call them (husband and husband, partners, etc.). Otherwise, the usual wedding rules are in effect: Don’t chew with your mouth open, take the liquor home with you, or try to grope the bride (should you spot one wandering down the highway on your way home).

You may now miss the bride

A gay guy from work invited me to his wedding, and I’m wondering how it will be different from a regular wedding. I don’t want to say or do the wrong thing. — A Man Who’s Not Used To This Sort Of Thing

Gay marriage can take some getting used to. As Craig Kilborn put it, marriage has long been “a sacred union between a man and a pregnant woman.” The truth is, a gay wedding is generally just slightly more gay than weddings already are, with all the ice sculptures, tiny foo-foo snacks on little silver trays, and ludicrous flower arrangements. Sure, the guys’ gift registry

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$5 Miller Lite/Bud Light Pitchers $2.25 Leinies Bottles (7-1am)

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