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contents
this IssUe: The Radio City Rockettes
Oct. 29 - Nov. 11, 2010
Issue No.
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DesIGnJordan HansenAlan Simmer
the RockettesThe Radio City Christmas
Spectacular kicks off the holiday season at the U.S. Cellular Center.
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9 Off the vineThe community of Galena, Ill. will pop its cork with its �6th annual Galena Cellars Nouveau Wine Festival.
13 Cookin’ up laughsSmack your funny bone in Des Moines with an outrageous performance by hyperactive comedian Dane Cook.
14 Super StarrWaterloo native and music producer Christopher Starr is making waves in the pop and hip-hop industries.
17 Good knightsThe Tony Award-winning “Monty Python’s Spamalot” promises a killer (rabbit) time at Davenport’s Adler Theatre.
21 Upping the anteA �-D format means even more shocking stunts from Johnny Knoxville and the rest of the “Jackass” crew.
23 Sweet revengeThe serial killer of serial killers brings back his own brand of justice for the fifth season of Showtime’s “Dexter.”
PULse MAGAZIneis dedicated to covering the arts, music,
theater, movies and dining in Waterloo, Cedar Falls, Dubuque, Cedar Rapids and Iowa City.
Pulse is published every other week and welcomes submissions from artists, writers,
cartoonists and photographers. To submit, call (319) 291-1483. Entire contents are copyright 2010. Courier Communications, P.O. Box 540,
501 Commercial St., Waterloo, IA 50704.
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BY AMIE STEFFEN | PULSE WRITER
s there anybody who doesn’t hear “Radio City Rockettes” and instantly think of high kicks?
Make that “eye-high kicks,” the signature dance move of the Rockettes, who perform their Radio City Christmas Spectacular in New York City and around the country each winter. The eye-high kick, or kicking so high your toe is level with your eye, is a necessity for the 180 dancers touring with the group — there are 300 eye-high kicks per show, and the touring Rockettes perform up to three shows per day during the holiday season.
Nine hundred eye-high kicks in a day.“I sit in the ice bath after,” said Teresa
Burks, one of two Rockettes who came to The Courier in Waterloo to promote the Rockettes’ upcoming show in Cedar Rapids next month, their fi rst performance there.
EYE-HIGH KICKS ARE A PART OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR DANCERS, WHO
HAVE TO BE AT LEAST 18 AND STAND
BETWEEN 5-FOOT-6 AND 5-FOOT-10.
The kicks are a required training regimen, along with cardio and weights; they are indis-putably integral — eye-high kicks have been in the Rockettes’ repertoire since the fi rst per-formances in 1925, and the preci-sion dance group is known specif-ically for that one move.
Cedar Rapids gears up for Radio City Christmas Spectacular
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BY AMIE STEFFEN | PULSE WRITER
s there anybody who doesn’t hear “Radio City Rockettes” and instantly think of high kicks?
Make that “eye-high kicks,” the signature dance move of the Rockettes, who perform their Radio City Christmas Spectacular in New York City and around the country each winter. The eye-high kick, or kicking so high your toe is level with your eye, is a necessity for the 180 dancers touring with the group — there are 300 eye-high kicks per show, and the touring Rockettes perform up to three shows per day during the holiday season.
Nine hundred eye-high kicks in a day.“I sit in the ice bath after,” said Teresa
Burks, one of two Rockettes who came to The Courier in Waterloo to promote the Rockettes’ upcoming show in Cedar Rapids next month, their fi rst performance there.
EYE-HIGH KICKS ARE A PART OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR DANCERS, WHO
HAVE TO BE AT LEAST 18 AND STAND
BETWEEN 5-FOOT-6 AND 5-FOOT-10.
The kicks are a required training regimen, along with cardio and weights; they are indis-putably integral — eye-high kicks have been in the Rockettes’ repertoire since the fi rst per-formances in 1925, and the preci-sion dance group is known specif-ically for that one move.
Cedar Rapids gears up for Radio City Christmas Spectacular
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It seems not much has changed about the Rockettes since those early days. Outfi ts are still sequined. Bare legs are still bare. Chore-ography still leans heavily on those eye-high kicks.
But don’t think the group is a curious Depression-era leftover. Sure, the Rock-ettes perform in USO shows and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade but also on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and “Dancing with the Stars.”
“(THE GROUP) BRINGS AN ELEMENT OF GLAMOUR AND PRESTIGE. IT’S BECOME AN AMERICAN ICON, CROSSING OVER
GENERATION TO GENERATION.” ROCKETTE MELISSA HILLMER
Hundreds of women try out for the group every year. Burks auditioned in 2001 and has performed with the Rockettes ever since.
“It’s a pretty grueling process — tap, jazz and ballet, and some singing,” she said. “It’s a pretty specifi c style they want to see.”
Hillmer, who grew up in Wisconsin and has been dancing since she was 4, saw the Rockettes in the Macy’s parade. She’s been in the group for 11 years.
“The hardest thing you can do is dance like
the girl right next to you,” Hillmer said. “It’s specifi c precision.”
The performance at the U.S. Cellular Cen-ter will feature several Christmas-themed songs, a large LED screen, Santa’s workshop, a living Nativity scene, eight different cos-tume changes and a double-decker bus on stage.
Eighteen rotating Rockettes perform each show, and performers get one day off per week.
“It’s hard to be away from our families on
Christmas — that’s the hardest part,” Burks said. “But this is the only time we have with these girls.”
“The show itself is family,” Hillmer agreed. “It’s a historic tradition — the one show peo-ple can (still) go and see.”
WHAT: Radio City Christmas SpectacularWHEN: 4 and 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18TICKETS: $47.25, $67.25, $92.75; available at the U.S. Cellular Center ticket offi ce, Ticketmaster outlets, at (800) 745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com.
THE ROCKETTES
Wardrobe will use more than red dots per season to
brighten the cheeks of the Rock-ettes during the “Rag Doll” and “Wooden Soldier” numbers.
adorable teddy bears star in Radio City’s tribute to Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker.” Called “A Little Girl’s Dream,” this number features polar, panda, Arabian and baby doll bears. Each bear is from a different part of the world and can weigh from pounds.
pounds of “snow” falls upon the audience during the 19-city run.
people set the stage for the Radio City Christmas Spectacular.
trucks transport the sets from city to city.
buses will transport the cast and crew, traveling more than miles during the -day tour.
BEAUTY SECRETSIn one season, each Rockette will use:
pairs of eyelashes. tubes of red lipstick. tubes of mascara.
pairs of pantyhose. cans of hairspray.
bobby pins to hold the perfect French twist in place.
bottles of foundation. bottles of moisturizer.
pairs of shoes . earrings.
The Rockettes can ap-ply their makeup in as little as minutes and complete their French twist in .
In “Here Comes Santa Claus,” members of the cast
appears on Stage dressed as Santa Claus. This delight-
ful number seeks to “explain” how Santa can actually deliver
gifts to every boy and girl in the world, all in one night.
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It seems not much has changed about the Rockettes since those early days. Outfi ts are still sequined. Bare legs are still bare. Chore-ography still leans heavily on those eye-high kicks.
But don’t think the group is a curious Depression-era leftover. Sure, the Rock-ettes perform in USO shows and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade but also on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and “Dancing with the Stars.”
“(THE GROUP) BRINGS AN ELEMENT OF GLAMOUR AND PRESTIGE. IT’S BECOME AN AMERICAN ICON, CROSSING OVER
GENERATION TO GENERATION.” ROCKETTE MELISSA HILLMER
Hundreds of women try out for the group every year. Burks auditioned in 2001 and has performed with the Rockettes ever since.
“It’s a pretty grueling process — tap, jazz and ballet, and some singing,” she said. “It’s a pretty specifi c style they want to see.”
Hillmer, who grew up in Wisconsin and has been dancing since she was 4, saw the Rockettes in the Macy’s parade. She’s been in the group for 11 years.
“The hardest thing you can do is dance like
the girl right next to you,” Hillmer said. “It’s specifi c precision.”
The performance at the U.S. Cellular Cen-ter will feature several Christmas-themed songs, a large LED screen, Santa’s workshop, a living Nativity scene, eight different cos-tume changes and a double-decker bus on stage.
Eighteen rotating Rockettes perform each show, and performers get one day off per week.
“It’s hard to be away from our families on
Christmas — that’s the hardest part,” Burks said. “But this is the only time we have with these girls.”
“The show itself is family,” Hillmer agreed. “It’s a historic tradition — the one show peo-ple can (still) go and see.”
WHAT: Radio City Christmas SpectacularWHEN: 4 and 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18TICKETS: $47.25, $67.25, $92.75; available at the U.S. Cellular Center ticket offi ce, Ticketmaster outlets, at (800) 745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com.
THE ROCKETTES
Wardrobe will use more than red dots per season to
brighten the cheeks of the Rock-ettes during the “Rag Doll” and “Wooden Soldier” numbers.
adorable teddy bears star in Radio City’s tribute to Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker.” Called “A Little Girl’s Dream,” this number features polar, panda, Arabian and baby doll bears. Each bear is from a different part of the world and can weigh from pounds.
pounds of “snow” falls upon the audience during the 19-city run.
people set the stage for the Radio City Christmas Spectacular.
trucks transport the sets from city to city.
buses will transport the cast and crew, traveling more than miles during the -day tour.
BEAUTY SECRETSIn one season, each Rockette will use:
pairs of eyelashes. tubes of red lipstick. tubes of mascara.
pairs of pantyhose. cans of hairspray.
bobby pins to hold the perfect French twist in place.
bottles of foundation. bottles of moisturizer.
pairs of shoes . earrings.
The Rockettes can ap-ply their makeup in as little as minutes and complete their French twist in .
In “Here Comes Santa Claus,” members of the cast
appears on Stage dressed as Santa Claus. This delight-
ful number seeks to “explain” how Santa can actually deliver
gifts to every boy and girl in the world, all in one night.
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T he University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art will present an invitational group exhibition titled “Action Is Eloquence” from Nov. 1-30.
Three lectures will be offered in association with the exhibition, which is the third in a yearlong series of events featuring UNI Department of Art alumni titled “Time is Ripe.”
All events are sponsored in part by the Florence Hartwig Foundation and the UNI Alumni Association.
“Action Is Eloquence” is a thematic invitational exhibition about de-sire, intention and direction. The title itself derives from a scene in Shake-speare’s play “Corialanus” in which the protagonist is coached in public presentation. More importantly, however, in this scene we are made to see the complex relationship between the viewer and the viewed.
Exhibition participants include Bruce Charlesworth, Dawn Gettler, Karla Hackenmiller and Tom Mueske.
The following lectures will be presented in Kamerick Art Building South, room 111: Charlesworth at 7 p.m. Nov. 1, Gettler and Mueske at 7 p.m. Nov. 2. Artist’s receptions will follow each presentation.
UNI Museum Hudson Road and West ��th Street, Cedar Falls;
(�19) ���-�09�; www.uni.edu/artdept/gallery.
‘Action is Eloquence’exhIbIt
AT lefT:“Liminal Interplay No. 2,” Karla Hackenmiller
The community of Galena will celebrate the annual release of the local Nou-veau wine with the 26th annual Galena Cellars Nouveau Wine Festival on Friday, Nov. 19, and Saturday, Nov. 20.
The weekend will begin with the delivery of the locally produced Nouveau wine by Galena Cellars Vineyard & Winery via horse-drawn wagon, accompanied by a parade of revelers. Galena res-taurants will offer wine-inspired lunch and dinner specials.
New to the festivities is a grand tasting at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Galena Convention Center, 900 Galena Square Drive. Tasters can sample from more than 200 local, re-
gional and international wines. Tickets are $30 per person in ad-vance and are available at
www.nouveauweek-end.com.
Galena plans weekend of wine
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Legendary entertainer Carol Burnett will head to the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines for an exclusive one-night-only engagement of her Q & A for-mat, “Laughter and Reflection with Carol Burnett: A Conversa-tion Where the Audience Asks the Questions,” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 3.
The format grew out of the question-and-answer sessions she shared with her studio au-dience on each episode of “The Carol Burnett Show.”
tickets: Civic Center ticket office, Ticketmaster locations, (�00) ���-
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Burnett plans Q&A session in Des Moines
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3 NoveMber
On Monday, Nov. 15, the Dubuque Community String Or-chestra and New Horizons Band will join forces to present “Num-b3rs,” a free concert, at 7 p.m. in the Marble Chapel of Emmaus Bible College.
The concert is free and open to the public; donations will be accepted.
The orchestra will be performing music by Dvor-ak, Haydn, Whitacre, Grainger, Geminiani and Rush, and the band will present music of White, Watson, Pearson and more.
Call (563) 690-0151 or visit www.nisom.com for more in-formation.
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J oin Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse as they travel to four magical destina-tions in one ice production. Disney on
Ice presents Mickey & Minnie’s Magical Jour-ney will take audiences on a sightseeing tour of the imagination.
This ice spectacular visits Des Moines from Nov. 24 – 28 for eight performances at Wells Fargo Arena.
Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy have
their bags all packed for a journey that will transport audiences straight from their seats into the magical worlds of Lilo and Stitch, Simba and Nala, Ariel and Sebastian and Pe-ter Pan and Tinker Bell.
tickets: On sale Saturday, Oct. �0, at 10 a.m. Available at the Wells Fargo Arena ticket office, Dahl’s Foods, (�66)
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Spicoli’s annual Halloween bash and cos-tume contest featuring area bands performing as the Foo Fighters, Cake, AC/DC and more is set for 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30.
Kicking off the night will be Index Case in costume as the Stone Temple Pilots, fol-lowed by Weezer in the form of Amy, John and friends of the Snozzberries.
The fan favorite Mother Lovin’ Truckers will rock as AC/DC. Cake songs will be performed by The Cleveland Steamers, and the Foo’s Gold will jam as the Foo Fighters. Dark Mirror will headline the night performing as Dio.
Spicoli’s Grill and the reverb rock Garden ���� University Ave., Waterloo.
Tribute bands to haunt Spicoli’s 30 october
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Shams band to play Davenport
T he River Music Experience in Davenport will welcome The Shams Band to the Redstone
Room at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6. The Shams Band is the epitome of
a do-it-yourself band, and its music re-flects its hard-working spirit.
Influenced by Sly and the Family Stone, Gram Parsons and Wilco, sing-er/songwriters Donnie Biggins, Paul Gulyas and Brian Patterson create dis-tinct, personal songs.
Once united with the full group, these songs come to life, tell stories and send audiences singing all the way home.
Opening for The Shams Band is Mathien, who has sold out the Chica-go House of Blues.
Merging calm, funky soul, rock, and a strong hip-hop aesthetic, singer-songwriter Chris Mathien conveys the passion of reggae and soul vocal styl-ings that captivates every crowd.
With an ever expanding songbook, passionate band and devoted fan base, this looks to be just the first dip into an endlessly gratifying well.
tickets: $� at www.redstoneroom.com, the River Music Experience box office
or Quad City Co-Op locations.
6 NoveMber
Local musician Scott Cawelti has written music to accompany a collec-tion of James Hearst’s poetry, and he will perform those melodies at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 7, in the Waterloo Cen-ter for the Arts’ Law Court Theater.
A reception sponsored by the Friends of the Art Center will follow the performance.
The afternoon performance will in-clude Cawelti on vocals, John Stortz on lead guitar and dobro, Deb Nier-mann on vocals, Uncle Chuck Finch on vocals and Al Eacret on bass. The group will perform a dozen songs, with time for conversation about Hearst and
his poetry in-be-tween. Cawelti will be releasing a new CD on Nov. 5, and guests will have the opportunity to or-der the CD at the event.
James Hearst was a well-known “farmer-poet.” He published numer-ous poems and books and taught at the University of Northern Iowa.
Waterloo center for the Arts ��� Commercial St., Waterloo.
(�19) �91-��90. www.waterloocenterforthearts.org.
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ombining energetic comedy, clever wordplay and trenchant observations about human behavior, Dane Cook's unique brand of stand-up and accessible guy-
next-door attitude have galvanized audiences of all ages on the national scene for more than a decade.
Cook will bring that energy to Des Moines’ Wells Fargo Are-na on Friday, Nov. 19.
“After 80 arenas last year I wanted to go back to the small clubs and work on a brand-new hour of stand-up comedy,” he said. “Now I'm jumping back on the road to perform for com-edy fans everywhere … (with) a few bad-ass surprises. This follow-up tour is about hitting a bevy of unique stages in my continuing quest to perform literally everywhere. Special sur-prise guests, brand-new jokes and I'm off my diet, so it's all about to go down.”
Named Rolling Stone magazine's “Hot Comic” and Stuff magazine's “Coolest Comic of the Year,” Cook has won Com-edy Central's Stand-up Showdown more times than any oth-er comedian. Additionally, his arrival on the cultural stage was confirmed when Time magazine listed him as one of the world's 100 “Most Influential People.”
Cook has maintained his reputation as one of today's most prolific stand-up comedians while distinguishing himself as a charismatic actor in a variety of film and television projects.
Tickets:$34.75 and $69.75.www.dahlstickets.com.(866) 553-2457.
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Comedian Dane Cook has more up his sleeve
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ombining energetic comedy, clever wordplay and trenchant observations about human behavior, Dane Cook's unique brand of stand-up and accessible guy-
next-door attitude have galvanized audiences of all ages on the national scene for more than a decade.
Cook will bring that energy to Des Moines’ Wells Fargo Are-na on Friday, Nov. 19.
“After 80 arenas last year I wanted to go back to the small clubs and work on a brand-new hour of stand-up comedy,” he said. “Now I'm jumping back on the road to perform for com-edy fans everywhere … (with) a few bad-ass surprises. This follow-up tour is about hitting a bevy of unique stages in my continuing quest to perform literally everywhere. Special sur-prise guests, brand-new jokes and I'm off my diet, so it's all about to go down.”
Named Rolling Stone magazine's “Hot Comic” and Stuff magazine's “Coolest Comic of the Year,” Cook has won Com-edy Central's Stand-up Showdown more times than any oth-er comedian. Additionally, his arrival on the cultural stage was confirmed when Time magazine listed him as one of the world's 100 “Most Influential People.”
Cook has maintained his reputation as one of today's most prolific stand-up comedians while distinguishing himself as a charismatic actor in a variety of film and television projects.
Tickets:$34.75 and $69.75.www.dahlstickets.com.(866) 553-2457.
19 NOVEMBER
Comedian Dane Cook has more up his sleeve
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C hristopher Starr left his hometown several years ago and made it big as a music producer in Atlanta. But the
Waterloo West High graduate doesn’t assume musical talent isn’t coming out of Waterloo. And this November — nothing’s been set in stone yet — Starr is returning to prove that.
“I want to come back there and basically wake up the scene,” he said.
So Starr is holding a talent search for singers and rappers, as well as singer/songwriters with instruments, and giving one lucky winner the chance to strut their stuff in front of producers in Atlanta. He’s aware artists have heard that before.
“Over the years I know a lot of promises have been made there — they take their mon-ey, basically,” Starr said.
This one promises to give a grand prize of flights and accommodations to Atlanta, along with meeting producers and getting in a stu-dio.
The show is going to be free for talent as well as spectators, at least the first time — Starr plans more, possibly two per year.
“It’s to get their hopes up and let them know this will really happen,” he said.
When he was coming up, Starr and friend
Warren Wortham, who now works for Hawk-eye Community College’s Martin Luther King Jr. Center, both formed hip-hop groups togeth-er in high school.
“He was kind of into the Prince-type materi-al,” said Wortham, a Waterloo East High gradu-ate. “We’ve both been into the music thing, but he pursued music pretty heavily.”
Starr said that was part of his plan from the beginning.
Since high school, Starr has been all over the map in his career — learning about the
business in Milwaukee, recording in Los Ange-les and working with a record label in Minne-apolis, where he learned the tricks of the trade he now excels at in his Atlanta-based CSP Mu-sic Group.
His first big break in Atlanta, however, was getting a track onto a 2001 Christina Aguilera album of 1996 demo songs, “Just Be Free,” on which Starr is credited as co-producing and re-mixing the track.
The song, fittingly, is called, “Our Day Will Come,” a cover of a 1963 song by Ruby and the Romantics.
“I was sweating night and day hoping they would select the song,” Starr remembered. “I knew it was gonna take that to catapult the rest of what I wanted to do. When I did that, that’s when all the other doors started opening up.”
Starr has now worked with artists like R&B artist Bobby Valentino, Atlanta rapper Gorilla Zoe and Mississippi hip-hop artist David Ban-ner. He also works with up-and-coming talent like Travis Porter, a hip-hop group based in At-lanta.
None of it surprises Wortham.“Chris is the type who is not afraid to take
risks,” Wortham said. “If he can’t get there di-rectly, he’ll find a way to get there.”
Super Starrby AMIe SteFFeN | PULSE WRITER
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whAt I hAD GOInG On.”
Waterloo grad making waves in the music biz
Cozy pADThe offices of CSP Music Group, Starr’s studio, in Atlanta.
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‘Charleston, SC 1966’‘Charleston, SC 1966’
Ben Folds finds a ‘Lonely Avenue’
B en Folds, a celebrated lyri-cist, took time to chat about “Lonely Avenue,” a collab-
oration with author Nick Hornby. This unusual album saw Folds write music around the e-mailed lyrics of Hornby.
Folds talked about how the al-bum came together, what fans who come to the shows might expect to see and hear, and some of the other musical endeavors on his very full dance card.
Q.Are the two of you going to pick up some awards for
this album?
A.We would be very happy if anyone has anything nice
to say about our record, but we had the luxury I think to, you know, let this one be what it was going to be.
Q.Did Nick ever tell you af-ter you came back to him
with music that maybe you could have done something differently, or maybe that he wasn’t pleased with
something you’d done?
A.(On) “Practical Amanda,” he expected an up-tempo
song, which was sort of, he said, “ala ‘Kate,’” which is a song I’d written on a Ben Folds Five record. It was sort of, “Boy, she’s a great girl. She smokes pot, how cool is she?” Nice things to say, but a lot of little jokes. And I took his jokey song and made it very serious, which sort of made the singer sound a little weaker and made it sad. And I think he was a little queasy about that at first, but he realized it was a good song. As Randy Newman says, “You’ve got to run over your grandmother for a good song.”
rucker a little too radio on new CD
Darius Rucker’s second country music album ditches the traditional songs included on his previous album, “Learn to Live.” Instead, on his new “Charles-ton, SC 1966,” he focuses solely on contemporary, radio-directed songs.
But his new focus loses the creative sweep and emotional force that made his first country album so compelling.
Rucker’s voice remains a stout, imme-diately identifiable instrument. When he applies that voice to a compelling story line (“Whiskey and You”) or an inventive arrangement (“Love Will Do That” and “I Don’t Care,” the latter co-written with Brad Paisley), he shows how effective of a pop-country artist he can be.
But too often his new songs, all 1� of which he co-wrote, are constructed around a clever catchphrase rather than a convincing emotion. Songs like “Things I’d
Never Do,” ‘‘I Got Nothin’“ and the album’s first hit, ”Come Back Song,” feature powerful performances that hardly vary in delivery and reveal little depth of feeling, despite dealing with serious topics.
“Charleston, SC 1966” likely will maintain Rucker’s high profile on country radio. But it lacks the personal revelations promised in a title that recalls his birthplace and date.
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by MIchAeL MccALL | FOR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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ALBUM: ‘Charleston, SC 1966’
ARTIST: Darius Rucker
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the mill sets november actsA wide variety of acts will play at The Mill in Iowa City in No-
vember, from the return of tender-folk wonders Azure Ray to alt-country elder statesman Jay Farrar.
woven bones Support: We Shave, The Boxknifes.Show: 9 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 2.Tickets: $7.Bio: Nuanced fuzz-rockers Woven Bones hail from Austin, Texas. Their songs possess the same wild but focused energy of early Je-sus and the Mary Chain and align them with more recent bands like Crystal Stilts.
Jay farrarSupport: Bobby Bare, Jr.Show: 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 3.Tickets: $15 advance, $18 day of show.Bio: Jay Farrar was a founding member of the alt-country group Uncle Tupelo and shared singing and song-writing duties with Jeff Tweedy of Wilco. After Tupelo, Farrar founded the Son Volt proj-ect. He remains an important voice in the Americana scene.
Azure raySupport: Tim Fite, James Husband.Show: 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4.
Tickets: $10 advance, $12 day of show.Bio: It’s been six years since Azure Ray released “Hold On Love.” Azure Ray is famed for the duo’s bittersweet melancholy, and the group’s new record, “Drawing Down the Moon,” is an ode to its harmonious musical gifts.
Dan CumminsShow: 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18.Tickets: $10 advance, $12 day of show.Bio: The hilarious Dan Cummins hits Iowa City for a night of up-
roarious stand-up. His new one-hour special, “Crazy With a Capital F,” premiered on Comedy Central this year. His first CD, “Revenge Is Near,” was released last year.
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Lovingly “ripped-off” from the internation-ally famous comedy team’s most popular motion picture, “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” “Monty Python’s Spamalot” is the winner of three �00� Tony Awards including Best Musical, as well as the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for Best Musical.
The original cast recording of Monty Py-thon’s Spamalot won the �006 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album.
Telling the legendary tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, and their quest for the Holy Grail, “Monty Python’s Spamalot” features a chorus line of dancing divas and knights, flatu-lent Frenchmen, killer rabbits and one legless knight.
tickets: Start at $�1.�0 and are on sale now and can be purchased at all
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38 Special to play two shows in IowaThe group behind hits likes “Hold On Loosely” and “Back Where You Belong,” �� Special, has two upcoming perfor-mances in Iowa.
The first is with The Charlie Daniels Band at the new Richard O. Jacobson Exhibition Center on the Iowa State Fair-grounds, set for � p.m. Friday, Nov. 1�.
The second show is a solo performance at Riverside Casino & Golf Resort at � p.m. Saturday, Jan. �9.
The Charlie Daniels Band is best-known for its chart-busting hit, “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.” The group is a blend of folk, southern boogie, country fiddle and electric rock anthem.
Since 19�6, �� Special has released more than 1� albums and toured relent-
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ceDAr FALLSJake Mcvey, 10 p.m., VoodooNever the Less, 9 p.m., Wheelhousethe Snozzberries, 6 p.m., and Seeds of Hope Fundraiser featuring Lick It ticket and Alison Scott, 9 p.m., The Hub
IoWA cItychase Garrett’s blues and boogie Piano Stomp, � p.m., Englert TheatreJay Siegel and the tokens, � p.m., and richie Lee, �:1� p.m., Riverside CasinoJazz After Five featuring Steve Grismore Quartet, �:�0 p.m., and Natalie brown, 9 p.m., The MillMini bluegrass Fest featuring Mountain Sprout, Whistle Pigs, Mr. baber’s Neighbors, Jon eric and Awful Purdies, � p.m., Iowa City Yacht Club
ceDAr rAPIDSAdam beck, � p.m., Java Creek Cafechubby, 9 p.m., TailgatorsDownward Fall, 9 p.m., Chrome Horse Saloonhurt, 9 p.m., First Ave Live
DUbUQUebecky McMahon, 9 p.m., Jumpersbig eagle band, 9 p.m., NorthsideFrank and Nic, 9:�0 p.m., Mystique CasinoJust cuz, � p.m., Ground RoundSun Green, 9 p.m., The Bank
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ceDAr FALLSbob Dorr and the blue band, 6 p.m., the Nadas, 10 p.m., The HubDrum circle, � p.m., The Lamposthairball, 9 p.m., Wheelhouse
IoWA cItyFunk DaFyed, �:�0 p.m., Riverside CasinoLocked-N-Load band, 9 p.m., WildwoodLords of the trident, 9:�0 p.m., Gabe’sorchestra Iowa featuring tomas Kubinek, �:�0 p.m., West High AuditoriumSarah cram and the Derelicts, 9 p.m., The MillShatter with Plagued by Saints, 9 p.m., Blue Moose
ceDAr rAPIDSevans blue with taddy Porter and rains, 9 p.m., First Ave LiveMaddie’s Farm, � p.m., Java Creek Cafeo’connell brothers band, 9 p.m., Chrome Horse Saloon
DUbUQUebecky McMahon, � p.m., Stone Cliffbryan Popp and corey Jenny, 6 p.m., Spirits, Days Innchuck bregman, 6 p.m., and tami and the bachelor, � p.m., Mystique CasinoKevin beck with Johnnie Walker, �:�0 p.m., The Shot Tower Innthe Music Men barbershop chorus, � p.m., Bell Tower Theaterrocket Surgeons, 9 p.m., Northsiderosalie Morgan, � p.m., Taiko
WAterLooDinner for Deb featuring Lotus, � p.m., and Soul Fusion with Ill convoy, 10 p.m., Spicoli’sFatcat, 10 p.m., BourreStandard Groove, 9 p.m., Jameson’sStranded in Iowa, 9 p.m., Screaming Eagle
ceDAr FALLSthe back home boys, 9 p.m., WheelhouseMonsters of Mock, 9 p.m., The Hub WcFSo featuring Jeffrey biegel, �:�0 p.m., GBPAC
IoWA cItyFinal Alibi with And After, 6:�0 p.m., and Whitey Morgan and the 78s, 9:�0 p.m., Gabe’sFunk DaFyed, 9:�0 p.m., Riverside CasinoJake Mcvey, 9 p.m., Wildwoodoh So Good and the right Now, 9 p.m., The MillWakey!Wakey!, � p.m., and Mayflies with Firewood revival, 9 p.m., Blue Moose
ceDAr rAPIDSJasmine, � p.m., Java Creek CafeMcPhisto, 9 p.m., Chrome Horse SaloonUniphonics, 9 p.m., Tailgators
DUbUQUebacklash, 9 p.m., Bulldog’sbecky McMahon, 9 p.m., Dog House Loungechuck bregman, 6 p.m., Nitty Gritty Dirt band, � p.m., and tami and the bachelor, � p.m., Mystique CasinoFalling Within, 9 p.m., Jumper’shalf-Fast, 9 p.m., Denny’s Lux Clubhorsin’ Around band, 9:�0 p.m., Eichman’s GranadaJohnny rockers band, 9 p.m., NorthsidesMenace, 9 p.m., Hammerhead’srocket Surgeons, 9 p.m., The Pit Stop
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ceDAr FALLSDakota, 9 p.m., Mr. G’sFree Fallin’, 9 p.m., The HubWorld According to Garth, 10 p.m., Wheelhouse
IoWA cItyKenny barron trio with David Sanchez, �:�0 p.m., Englert TheatreKyle hollingsworth band with Messy Jiverson, 9 p.m., Iowa City Yacht ClubLonesome road band, 9 p.m., Wildwoodrichie Lee, �:�0 p.m., and Jay Siegel and the tokens, 10 p.m., Riverside Casino
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SKYLINE
STARRING: Eric Balfour, Donald Faison, Scottie ThompsonSYNOPSIS: Strange lights descend on Los Angeles,
drawing people outside like moths to a fl ame where an extraterrestrial force threatens to swallow the entire human
population off the face of the Earth.
THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
t is, without doubt, the most stomach-churn-ing sequence among many groan-inducing scenes in “Jackass 3D,” the shock stunt docu-
mentary that reaches theaters Friday. Stephen “Steve-O” Glover is strapped into a
porta-potty containing 50 pounds of steaming ex-crement and catapulted 120 feet into the air via twin bungee cords. Hilarity and dry heaves ensue.
The sequence is rendered even more revolting thanks to 3-D effects that shower the audience with virtual feces. But it also encapsulates everything that has made the “Jackass” franchise immensely popular over a 10-year run that spans a hit MTV reality series, a video game and now a trilogy of fi lms. The stunt com-bines needless risk, intentional self-harm and ritual hu-miliation to achieve high-concept/lowbrow slapstick of the fi rst order.
The third fi lm stands as a testament to the franchise’s continuing bankability, even while its staying power comes as no small shock to founding Jackass and breakout star Johnny Knoxville (“The Dukes of Hazzard”). 2002’s “Jack-ass: The Movie” was shot for about $5 million and domesti-cally grossed $64 million, and 2006’s “Jackass Number Two” (um, get it?) cost $11.5 million to produce and took in nearly $73 million at the box offi ce.
For all its expensive 3-D bells and whistles, the third fi lm cost $20 million, said director Jeff Tremaine.
“WE DIDN’T EVEN THINK THIS (STUFF) WAS GOING TO MAKE IT ON TELEVISION. I STILL FEEL LIKE I’M GETTING AWAY WITH SOMETHING BY GETTING IT INTO MOVIE THEATERS.” JOHNNY KNOXVILLE
And contrary to the Peter Pan nature of daredevil antics such as playing tetherball with a beehive, running a gauntlet of Taser guns and playing pin the tail on the donkey with a real, very or-nery donkey, Chris Pontius, 36, Jason “Wee-Man” Acuna, 37, and Knoxville, 39, are no longer lost boys. They’re men creeping up on middle age.
The real game-changer, though, is the sequel’s adoption of 3-D effects that very literally bring another dimension to such knuck-leheaded stunts as Knoxville jumping off the top of a pine tree dressed as Santa Claus or even the super-slo-mo depiction of Acu-na getting slapped across the face with a large fi sh.
Paramount suggested the sequel be fi lmed with
the kind of high-tech 3-D cameras pioneered by James Cameron for such movies as “Aliens of the Deep” and “Ava-tar.” But Knoxville was initially reluctant to embrace the new tech-nology for fear of having to rein in stunts to fi t the cameras’ techni-cal parameters.
A test using the cameras persuaded everyone involved, how-ever, that shooting in 3-D — as opposed to tacking on three-di-mensional effects in post-production — could be the kind of spontaneous and mobile process to which the “Jackass” crew is accustomed. Special custom rigs were designed that included su-per-light cameras to accommodate their run-and-gun style and a high-defi nition Phantom 3-D camera capable of shooting 1,000 frames per second was procured in the name of several decidedly asinine sequences.
“I’m pretty sure it’s the most expensive 3-D camera ever made,” said Tremaine. “And we built this thing and then the things we’re having ideas like, ‘Let’s shoot a ... (rubber sexual aid) out of a ba-zooka at the camera.’”
GET YOUR FLICK ON
FILM & DVD
2010
DUE DATE
STARRING: Robert Downey Jr., Zach Galifi anakis, Michelle MonaghanSYNOPSIS: High-strung father-to-be Peter Highman (Downey Jr.) is forced to hitch a ride with aspiring actor Ethan Tremblay (Galifi anakis) on a road trip to make it to his child’s birth on time.
FAIR GAME
STARRING: Naomi Watts, Sean PennSYNOPSIS: While investigating the existence of weap-ons of mass destruction in Iraq, CIA operative Valerie Plame (Watts) discovers her identity allegedly leaked by the government as payback for an op-ed article her husband (Penn) wrote criticizing the Bush administration.
UNSTOPPABLE
STARRING: Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario DawsonSYNOPSIS: A rail company frantically works to prevent an unmanned, half-mile-long freight train carrying combustible liquids and poison-ous gas from wiping out a city.
MORNING GLORY
STARRING: Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane KeatonSYNOPSIS: A hotshot television producer (McAd-ams) is set the challenge of reviving a struggling morning show program, despite the constant feud-ing of its high-profi le anchors (Keaton and Ford).
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MEGAMIND
STARRING: Will Ferrell, Jonah Hill, Brad PittSYNOPSIS: Megamind (Ferrell) is the most brilliant super-villain the world has ever known, though after several unsuccessful attempts to conquer Metro City, a new foe makes him try, for the fi rst time in his life, to use his powers for good.
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SKYLINE
STARRING: Eric Balfour, Donald Faison, Scottie ThompsonSYNOPSIS: Strange lights descend on Los Angeles,
drawing people outside like moths to a fl ame where an extraterrestrial force threatens to swallow the entire human
population off the face of the Earth.
THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
t is, without doubt, the most stomach-churn-ing sequence among many groan-inducing scenes in “Jackass 3D,” the shock stunt docu-
mentary that reaches theaters Friday. Stephen “Steve-O” Glover is strapped into a
porta-potty containing 50 pounds of steaming ex-crement and catapulted 120 feet into the air via twin bungee cords. Hilarity and dry heaves ensue.
The sequence is rendered even more revolting thanks to 3-D effects that shower the audience with virtual feces. But it also encapsulates everything that has made the “Jackass” franchise immensely popular over a 10-year run that spans a hit MTV reality series, a video game and now a trilogy of fi lms. The stunt com-bines needless risk, intentional self-harm and ritual hu-miliation to achieve high-concept/lowbrow slapstick of the fi rst order.
The third fi lm stands as a testament to the franchise’s continuing bankability, even while its staying power comes as no small shock to founding Jackass and breakout star Johnny Knoxville (“The Dukes of Hazzard”). 2002’s “Jack-ass: The Movie” was shot for about $5 million and domesti-cally grossed $64 million, and 2006’s “Jackass Number Two” (um, get it?) cost $11.5 million to produce and took in nearly $73 million at the box offi ce.
For all its expensive 3-D bells and whistles, the third fi lm cost $20 million, said director Jeff Tremaine.
“WE DIDN’T EVEN THINK THIS (STUFF) WAS GOING TO MAKE IT ON TELEVISION. I STILL FEEL LIKE I’M GETTING AWAY WITH SOMETHING BY GETTING IT INTO MOVIE THEATERS.” JOHNNY KNOXVILLE
And contrary to the Peter Pan nature of daredevil antics such as playing tetherball with a beehive, running a gauntlet of Taser guns and playing pin the tail on the donkey with a real, very or-nery donkey, Chris Pontius, 36, Jason “Wee-Man” Acuna, 37, and Knoxville, 39, are no longer lost boys. They’re men creeping up on middle age.
The real game-changer, though, is the sequel’s adoption of 3-D effects that very literally bring another dimension to such knuck-leheaded stunts as Knoxville jumping off the top of a pine tree dressed as Santa Claus or even the super-slo-mo depiction of Acu-na getting slapped across the face with a large fi sh.
Paramount suggested the sequel be fi lmed with
the kind of high-tech 3-D cameras pioneered by James Cameron for such movies as “Aliens of the Deep” and “Ava-tar.” But Knoxville was initially reluctant to embrace the new tech-nology for fear of having to rein in stunts to fi t the cameras’ techni-cal parameters.
A test using the cameras persuaded everyone involved, how-ever, that shooting in 3-D — as opposed to tacking on three-di-mensional effects in post-production — could be the kind of spontaneous and mobile process to which the “Jackass” crew is accustomed. Special custom rigs were designed that included su-per-light cameras to accommodate their run-and-gun style and a high-defi nition Phantom 3-D camera capable of shooting 1,000 frames per second was procured in the name of several decidedly asinine sequences.
“I’m pretty sure it’s the most expensive 3-D camera ever made,” said Tremaine. “And we built this thing and then the things we’re having ideas like, ‘Let’s shoot a ... (rubber sexual aid) out of a ba-zooka at the camera.’”
GET YOUR FLICK ON
FILM & DVD
2010
DUE DATE
STARRING: Robert Downey Jr., Zach Galifi anakis, Michelle MonaghanSYNOPSIS: High-strung father-to-be Peter Highman (Downey Jr.) is forced to hitch a ride with aspiring actor Ethan Tremblay (Galifi anakis) on a road trip to make it to his child’s birth on time.
FAIR GAME
STARRING: Naomi Watts, Sean PennSYNOPSIS: While investigating the existence of weap-ons of mass destruction in Iraq, CIA operative Valerie Plame (Watts) discovers her identity allegedly leaked by the government as payback for an op-ed article her husband (Penn) wrote criticizing the Bush administration.
UNSTOPPABLE
STARRING: Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario DawsonSYNOPSIS: A rail company frantically works to prevent an unmanned, half-mile-long freight train carrying combustible liquids and poison-ous gas from wiping out a city.
MORNING GLORY
STARRING: Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane KeatonSYNOPSIS: A hotshot television producer (McAd-ams) is set the challenge of reviving a struggling morning show program, despite the constant feud-ing of its high-profi le anchors (Keaton and Ford).
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MEGAMIND
STARRING: Will Ferrell, Jonah Hill, Brad PittSYNOPSIS: Megamind (Ferrell) is the most brilliant super-villain the world has ever known, though after several unsuccessful attempts to conquer Metro City, a new foe makes him try, for the fi rst time in his life, to use his powers for good.
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Missouri wine group gives hints on pairing candy, wine
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light attendants for a low-cost Philippine airline who dance to Lady Gaga to keep passengers from snoozing through an in-fl ight safety dem-
onstration are the latest YouTube sensation. A video of stewardesses performing a choreo-
graphed routine aboard a Cebu Pacifi c fl ight to demonstrate safety procedures has received more than 8.8 million hits after being posted on the popular video-sharing website.
The Manila-based airline, known for holding party games and singing contests on its low-fare domestic and Asian fl ights, said it resorted to dancing stew-ardesses to draw more passenger attention to its in-fl ight safety reminders.
“People hardly pay attention to the safety demo on the ground,” Cebu Pacifi c vice president for market-ing Candice Iyog said. “The airline was very thrilled with the outcome.”
Crew members do regular prefl ight safety demon-strations — then follow up with the musical version when the plane reaches cruising altitude, she said.
In the video, the fl ight crew members are shown dancing animatedly while donning yellow life vests and oxygen masks and blowing emergency whistles. They turn around and spread their arms to point to emergency exits. At show’s end, the passengers erupt into applause.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The boxes are labeled “body parts,” ‘‘heads“ and ”Dexter killing devices & face shields.” Others are fi lled with plas-
tic wrap, duct tape, knives, syringes — every-thing your friendly neighborhood serial killer might need to do away with bad guys.
On TV, many of these things might be found hidden in Dexter Morgan’s apartment, or in the case of the body parts and heads, wrapped in plastic trash bags strewn at the bottom of the Atlantic. In reality, though, all this stuff lives inside a 48-foot trailer at a Hol-lywood studio where the Showtime series “Dexter” is fi lmed.
Now in its fi fth season, “Dexter” follows its namesake character as he carefully bal-ances his public life as a dad, brother and police forensic specialist with his private life as a serial killer of serial killers. The Emmy-nominated series stars Emmy-nominated ac-tor Michael C. Hall, who has won a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild award for his portrayal of the enigmatic protagonist.
Dexter is methodical about his kills to keep himself from getting caught. He wears a uniform: Dark clothes, gloves, apron, face
shield. He prepares his “kill room” in ad-vance, completely wrapping the room and its contents in plastic. As a forensic expert, he knows a thing or two about leaving evidence behind. He injects his victims with an animal tranquilizer and binds them to a plastic-cov-ered table with plastic wrap.
These iconic moments fi ll just a few min-utes of show time, but dozens of people spend countless hours creating each kill-room scene.
It starts with production designer Jessica Kender, who dreams up the look of each room based on the requirements of the story and location.
It’s up to set decorator Dave Koneff and his team to execute her vision. He says the average kill room takes about fi ve hours to set up, “depending on how much furniture we have to wrap.”
Property master Joshua Meltzer is in charge of props, including rubber and re-tractable versions of everything that “pokes, probes or stabs,” he says, “because in real life, we can’t stab the actors.” He’s also in charge of the 25 gallons of fake blood the show will go through this season.
BY ROBERT LLOYD | LOS ANGELES TIMES
“The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” — the latest, and one would say, most likely iteration of the popular Bravo franchise — recently submitted for your disap-proval six more overprivileged middle-aged women; their husbands, when they have them; their children, of whom there are many; and their little dogs, too. As before, it is easy enough to look at them and be appalled, even as we are enthralled.
But there is something different in this new edition, a sort of poignancy, almost, that invites sympathy more than it does abuse. Some of these women are troubled, certainly, but none of them seems like trouble.
Flight safety demo is YouTube hit
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqh8e2KYIrU
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
f you’re wondering what kind of wine goes with candy
corn, the Missouri Wine and Grape Board has the answer.
It’s Chardonel, which the board says has a rich and creamy texture that matches the texture of candy corn.
The Missouri Wine website gives all sorts of hints for what wines go well with assorted types of candy as Halloween nears. For instance, Vidal goes great with Starburst, and Chambourcin is a nice match for 3 Musketeers. Sparkling wine complements Tootsie Pops, and those with a taste for Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups can give Norton Port a try.
Information on other com-binations is available at www.missouriwine.org.
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2010READ • WATCH • SURF
WATCH IT
TELEVISION
2010
DEXTER’S KILL ROOMS RETURN TO SHOWTIME
BLOOD KNIVES PLASTIC
9 p.m. Thursdays on Bravo
‘The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ the latest in the Bravo franchise
• Adrienne’s family owns the Sac-ramento Kings basketball team and the Palms resort in Las Vegas; she has a “work ethic” and plastic surgery.
• Lisa is British, long-married with grown children and seems basically comfortable in her own skin, whatever external treat-ments she might apply to it.
• Taylor characterizes her mar-riage to a venture capitalist as “80 percent business and 20 percent romance ... but that’s something I signed up for.”
• Kim and Kyle Richards are sisters and former child stars. (A third sister, Kathy, is the mother of Paris Hilton.) Kim is the less social older sister, a single mother possibly damaged by her early working life. Kyle is more relaxed and was charged by their mother on her deathbed to look after Kim.
• Camille, who is now divorcing from Kelsey Grammer, hopes viewers see her as “a real person,” a fact that she signals by prefacing outrageous state-ments with disclaimers — such as “This is going to sound crazy, don’t judge me” before revealing that she employs four nannies for her two children.
OCT. �9 - NOV. 11, �010
Missouri wine group gives hints on pairing candy, wine
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
light attendants for a low-cost Philippine airline who dance to Lady Gaga to keep passengers from snoozing through an in-fl ight safety dem-
onstration are the latest YouTube sensation. A video of stewardesses performing a choreo-
graphed routine aboard a Cebu Pacifi c fl ight to demonstrate safety procedures has received more than 8.8 million hits after being posted on the popular video-sharing website.
The Manila-based airline, known for holding party games and singing contests on its low-fare domestic and Asian fl ights, said it resorted to dancing stew-ardesses to draw more passenger attention to its in-fl ight safety reminders.
“People hardly pay attention to the safety demo on the ground,” Cebu Pacifi c vice president for market-ing Candice Iyog said. “The airline was very thrilled with the outcome.”
Crew members do regular prefl ight safety demon-strations — then follow up with the musical version when the plane reaches cruising altitude, she said.
In the video, the fl ight crew members are shown dancing animatedly while donning yellow life vests and oxygen masks and blowing emergency whistles. They turn around and spread their arms to point to emergency exits. At show’s end, the passengers erupt into applause.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The boxes are labeled “body parts,” ‘‘heads“ and ”Dexter killing devices & face shields.” Others are fi lled with plas-
tic wrap, duct tape, knives, syringes — every-thing your friendly neighborhood serial killer might need to do away with bad guys.
On TV, many of these things might be found hidden in Dexter Morgan’s apartment, or in the case of the body parts and heads, wrapped in plastic trash bags strewn at the bottom of the Atlantic. In reality, though, all this stuff lives inside a 48-foot trailer at a Hol-lywood studio where the Showtime series “Dexter” is fi lmed.
Now in its fi fth season, “Dexter” follows its namesake character as he carefully bal-ances his public life as a dad, brother and police forensic specialist with his private life as a serial killer of serial killers. The Emmy-nominated series stars Emmy-nominated ac-tor Michael C. Hall, who has won a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild award for his portrayal of the enigmatic protagonist.
Dexter is methodical about his kills to keep himself from getting caught. He wears a uniform: Dark clothes, gloves, apron, face
shield. He prepares his “kill room” in ad-vance, completely wrapping the room and its contents in plastic. As a forensic expert, he knows a thing or two about leaving evidence behind. He injects his victims with an animal tranquilizer and binds them to a plastic-cov-ered table with plastic wrap.
These iconic moments fi ll just a few min-utes of show time, but dozens of people spend countless hours creating each kill-room scene.
It starts with production designer Jessica Kender, who dreams up the look of each room based on the requirements of the story and location.
It’s up to set decorator Dave Koneff and his team to execute her vision. He says the average kill room takes about fi ve hours to set up, “depending on how much furniture we have to wrap.”
Property master Joshua Meltzer is in charge of props, including rubber and re-tractable versions of everything that “pokes, probes or stabs,” he says, “because in real life, we can’t stab the actors.” He’s also in charge of the 25 gallons of fake blood the show will go through this season.
BY ROBERT LLOYD | LOS ANGELES TIMES
“The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” — the latest, and one would say, most likely iteration of the popular Bravo franchise — recently submitted for your disap-proval six more overprivileged middle-aged women; their husbands, when they have them; their children, of whom there are many; and their little dogs, too. As before, it is easy enough to look at them and be appalled, even as we are enthralled.
But there is something different in this new edition, a sort of poignancy, almost, that invites sympathy more than it does abuse. Some of these women are troubled, certainly, but none of them seems like trouble.
Flight safety demo is YouTube hit
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqh8e2KYIrU
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
f you’re wondering what kind of wine goes with candy
corn, the Missouri Wine and Grape Board has the answer.
It’s Chardonel, which the board says has a rich and creamy texture that matches the texture of candy corn.
The Missouri Wine website gives all sorts of hints for what wines go well with assorted types of candy as Halloween nears. For instance, Vidal goes great with Starburst, and Chambourcin is a nice match for 3 Musketeers. Sparkling wine complements Tootsie Pops, and those with a taste for Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups can give Norton Port a try.
Information on other com-binations is available at www.missouriwine.org.
+
ON THE WEB
2010READ • WATCH • SURF
WATCH IT
TELEVISION
2010
DEXTER’S KILL ROOMS RETURN TO SHOWTIME
BLOOD KNIVES PLASTIC
9 p.m. Thursdays on Bravo
‘The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ the latest in the Bravo franchise
• Adrienne’s family owns the Sac-ramento Kings basketball team and the Palms resort in Las Vegas; she has a “work ethic” and plastic surgery.
• Lisa is British, long-married with grown children and seems basically comfortable in her own skin, whatever external treat-ments she might apply to it.
• Taylor characterizes her mar-riage to a venture capitalist as “80 percent business and 20 percent romance ... but that’s something I signed up for.”
• Kim and Kyle Richards are sisters and former child stars. (A third sister, Kathy, is the mother of Paris Hilton.) Kim is the less social older sister, a single mother possibly damaged by her early working life. Kyle is more relaxed and was charged by their mother on her deathbed to look after Kim.
• Camille, who is now divorcing from Kelsey Grammer, hopes viewers see her as “a real person,” a fact that she signals by prefacing outrageous state-ments with disclaimers — such as “This is going to sound crazy, don’t judge me” before revealing that she employs four nannies for her two children.
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KinectThe motion-sensing Ki-
nect brings the Xbox �60 in line with Nintendo’s Wii and the Playstation Move attachment for the PS� — but Microsoft’s new gadget doesn’t require players to hold any kind of controller.
Sensors keep track of body movements and are able to recognize players’ faces and voices.
Kinect comes bundled with “Kinect Adven-tures” and is supported by a large group of first- and third-party games on its launch date, including “Kinect Sports,” “Kinectimals,” “DanceMasters,” “Adrenalin Misfits,” “Sonic Free Riders” and “EA SPORTS Active �,” at right.
The seventh entry in the blockbuster “Call of Duty” franchise takes place during the Cold War era, with players participating in missions based on real-life skirmishes from Southeast Asia to Soviet Russia.
Actual black ops agents gave direction to the covert mission in the game. New vehicles and weapons enhance the familiar style of “Call of Duty,” as do additional multiplayer options and first-person character scenarios.
The game is compat-ible with �-D systems and displays.
For: DS, PC, PS�, Wii, Xbox �60. Hardened and Prestige versions available for PS� and Xbox �60.
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new releASeS ‘Scribblenauts’ sequel fixes original’s failings
T he task for Maxwell, our rooster-hatted hero: Wake an astronaut and then douse a fire before the
airlock decompresses. An alarm clock and a fire extinguisher would work. Then again, maybe a boombox and a wet dog would. Or a banshee and a block of ice.
The second-best thing about “Super Scribblenauts” is that all those combina-tions can save the day. The best thing is that this sequel has made some serious cor-rections to the weaknesses of the original, in which players also used the enormous in-game dictionary to summon nearly any kind of item to solve various puzzles.
The most noticeable improvement is in the control scheme. Thanks to a but-ton/stylus combo system, controlling the items, Maxwell and the camera is now in-stinctual instead of a constant battle. Using connectors like ropes is easier, too.
Gone is the reward for beating lev-els using a limited number of items — in retrospect, a huge damper on creativity — meaning the world is Maxwell’s oyster, especially with the addition of adjectives.
Lots of the puzzles are geared toward
this new feature, asking Maxwell to cre-ate an object that shares characteristics of different items. For instance, a “flying vampiric robot” can link a leech, a robin, a remote-controlled helicopter and a vam-pire.
Though some modifications can be helpful, like “tiny airplane” or “friend-ly lion,” there’s no real need outside of whimsy to conjure up a “purple striped large walrus.”
But that’s the charm of the game. Both “Scribblenauts” entries inspire cleverness and encourage the ridiculous, but this is the one that makes it easy to do.
“Super Scribblenauts” is the do-over the developers wish they’d managed to crank out the first time, and they nailed it on the head with a “fluorescent spotted angry hammer.”
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‘knights in the nightmare’Control the souls of deceased knights to battle foes in this strategy/RPG/shooter mash-up. A third playable character is exclusive to the PSP title, originally released on the Nintendo DS, in addition to completely reworked graphics and sounds.PSP; Nov. 9.
‘harry potter and the Deathly hallows part 1’Fight for your life against Death Eaters and dementors in the most action-packed entry in the “Harry Potter” series to date. Hunt down Voldemort’s Horcruxes and destroy them.DS, Pc, PS3, Wii, x360; Nov. 9.
‘mario vs. Donkey kong mini-land mayhem!’Use girders, pipes, ladders and other building materi-als to construct a secure path for the Mini Marios to the exit of �00 challenging levels.DS; Nov. 14.
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‘Stealing Secrets’ filled with real, tough women
Historical nonfiction has never really been my genre of choice. I love fiction for its ability to keep my attention with a lively narrative arc and complex characters and the way it transports me to a different world.
This book had all of those elements. And best of all, it’s true. In “Stealing Secrets,” author H. Donald Winkler spent countless hours research-ing stories of women and girls who served as spies for either the Union or the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Female spies used all of the tools at their dis-posal, including some that men could not use, informing their respective sides of troop move-ments and even thwarting what could have been crucial war-changing events. They tucked coded letters into their skirts, dressed as men, pretended to be grieving widows and seduced enemy officials to get and pass information.
I’m by no means a Civil War scholar, but I think many don’t know there was a prototype submarine the Confederacy was testing that was thwarted after a female spy told the Union how to spot and disable them in the water.
A quibble: When Winkler describes wom-en, including the spies he profiles, he uses their first names or even nicknames given them by the press. It’s a step up from “Mrs. (husband’s name),” but it’s unfortunate the spies he pro-motes as “altering the course of the Civil War” weren’t afforded the same gravitas their male counterparts have been given.
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‘Stealing Secrets’Author:
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Vicki Myron is back with a follow-up to her tale of Dewey, the famous library cat. “Dew-ey’s Nine Lives” is a warm tale of the bond between pets and their loving owners.
In “Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World,” Myron told the story of Dewey Readmore Books, the bright orange fur-ball abandoned in the book return drop-box in the public library of Spencer, Iowa, in the middle of winter.
Myron had recently become director of the library. After nursing the nearly frozen kitten back to health, she decided that Dewey was just what the library — and the small town of Spencer — needed.
In “Dewey’s Nine Lives,” Myron revisits her now-famous cat’s life through the eyes of some of his fans. The book includes nine very personal stories about the courage,
love and companionship of pets that left a lasting impression on their owners.
“Dewey” is more than a story about cats. It’s a heart-filled tale of love. The nine stories are interlaced with loss and personal hardship, but what
they all have in common is the healing power of having a solid, judgment-free relationship with a devoted animal.
Library cat Dewey inspires talesby SUMMer Moore | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TwentyTen | TwentyEleven | ArtistSeriesThursday | November 18 | 7:30 p.m.
Adults $47, $40, $37, $34, $31 | Youth -20% | UNI Student -50%
DRUMLine Live is an international tour based on the Historically Black
College and University marching band tradition.
With riveting rhythms, bold beats and ear-grabbing energy, the staged show will
be a synchronized musical showcase of the HBCU
experience. Incorporating original compositions
and soul-infused interpretations of top 40
hits, group performances will range from colorful,
choreographed routines to heavy doses of drum riffs
and cadences.
sponsored by
TwentyTen | TwentyEleven | ArtistSeriesThursday | November 18 | 7:30 p.m.
Adults $47, $40, $37, $34, $31 | Youth -20% | UNI Student -50%
