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ENTERTAINMENT
THURSDAY, APRIL 18,2002
HOROSCOPES
Don't throw your money around this year. You'll be tempted, but you're much better off investing in real estate, or fixing up your home. Those are better ways to increase your fortunes and your security.
Today's Birthday (April 18)
Aries (March 21-April 19). Today is a 6. You may be just about worn out. Mental activity can be exhausting, too. Don't feel guilty about resting.
Taurus (April 20-May 20). Today is a 7. Continue to gather up the loot. The action is still too hot and heavy for you to count it now. Just keep wheeling and dealing.
Gemini (May21-June 21). Today is a 7. You're determined to succeed, but you'll need more than just enthusiasm. Add careful research and budgeting,and you'll have it made.
Cancer (June 22-July 22). Today is a 7. Your plans should be coming together by now. There are still a few last-minute things to be done. No more procrastination. Take action.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22). Today is a 7.
You have a great list of possibilities. Now sort through them, carefully and on your own. Mull things over until inspiration strikes. That should happen late Sunday.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Today is a 7.
Fame is nice, fortunes can fade, but
friendship is forever. Forget an old mis-
understanding. Let the good times roll.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22). Today is a 7. Pull in the reins. Keep a lower profile. Somebody important, and potentially critical, is looking your way. Look busy. No giggling!
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21). Today is a 7. You're ready to advance to the next level, to step outside the box. Old limitations look flimsy, so push them aside. You're getting stronger.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Today is a 6
Is there something you need in order to make your job easier? Something you can't seem to find? Ask your partner or the sales rep to get it for you.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan.19). Today is an 8.
Love is in the air. If you join forces with somebody you care about, a difficult job becomes fun. Don't waste money on romance. Instead, spend your time freely.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Today is a 7. You'll really be in trouble if you don't get down to business — something other than monkey business, that is. For heaven's sake, wipe that grin off your face!
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20). Today is a 7.
There are a lot of things you wish you had said, but don't worry about that now.
Your actions speak louder than words.
Show the one who matters most how you feel.
Porn star sister teaches lesson about tolerance
Two weeks ago, I discussed my family in this column. Since then, I have been bombarded with one question from many readers: "Is your sister really a porn star?" The answer is yes, but she has her limits. These include things like no penetrative sex and no bestiality. But she does take her clothes off for a living.
She has been the feature of many Web sites and erotic magazines. She even appeared in an issue of
The relationship between brother and sister is an interesting one. Brothers often feel protective of their sisters. Not doing so would be letting her down. So it is easy to imagine how the thought of my sister being the object of desire for tons of "excited" men was unsettling for me at
Shaved Orientals, even though she is white.
James Manning
jmanning@kansan.com
sanity.
Our father can be a little crazy when it comes to the decisions his children make.
I was working in a computer lab when a loud, shrill friend was seeking out Internet porn while I was working on a paper. Tim was successful in his porn hunting endeavors; and he yelled to me when he found more.
first. The way I found out was even more disturbing.
"Look at her!" he screamed, pointing to women in acrobatic positions capable of making sailors blush. "I'd do her."
The "I'd do hers" did not bother me so much until he pointed to an all-too-familiar person and yelled out, "She's flat, but she sure does look good."
My eyes almost popped out of my head when I saw it was my sister. I jumped up and closed the Internet window. Tim was confused. I lied and told him I thought an RA was coming.
"Forget Dad!" I countered. "He wasn't the one who had to watch his friend download pictures of his naked sister!"
I saw my sister two weeks later. When we were alone I asked her about the picture. Her eyes almost bugged out of her head.
Then my sister started crying. She dropped the cigarette she was smoking and just sobbed as she looked at the ground.
"Does Daddy know?" she asked, scared for her
Choking through her tears, she told me, "I thought you'd be the one who'd understand."
Talk about making a guy feel like crap. This was her secret. This was something she was afraid of being discovered and rejected for — and I was making her worst nightmare come true.
What a hypocrite I was. I had looked at porn count times.
I even dated a stripper.
My guilt was soon replaced by fear. My sister's shame understandably turned to furor. She told me about how posing for the pictures was her decision and about the money she made. She was no victim because she was doing something she wanted to do.
I had to trust her, too. My sister had been through a lot. She survived teenage pregnancy, she survived cancer, and she could survive this.
I was holding her to an unfair level. Many see pornography as objectionable, but to my sister it was a way of supporting her family. Who was I to judge? Who is anyone to judge?
It is always easy to hold those we love to higher standards. But we must all remember that they have their own standards and their own means. We must either accept and love them, or let them go.
go. I decided to still love my sister. How you handle your family's "dark secrets" is up to you.
Ozomatli's Latin blends offer diverse band sound
It seems trendy these days to play fusions of several different styles of music. Musicians describe their own tunes with as many clashing genres as possible in order to increase their respectability or pick up women.
With this in mind, it seems impossible that a band can successfully blend Latin salsa, urban
hip-hop and jazz-funk, but the members of Ozomatli not only do it, they do it with style.
Ozomatli opens for Galactic tonight at the Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St. Doors at 8 p.m., and the show starts at 9. Tickets are $15.
made of two upright drums and is traditionally played in Indian music.
The 11-member group started in the summer of 1996 in Los Angeles at an
Any band with two percussionists, a bass, a guitar and a complete horn section would make the JB's proud. Add in a DJ, and the Jamiroquai fans are satisfied. With a few rappers for good measure, you have a grooving apparatus fit for the funkiest
Brad Weiner
bweiner@kansan.com
The magic of Ozomatli's music is in the melting pot pot makeup of its little traveling circus. Its Web site, www.ozomatli.com, describes the band as a "polyglot Black-Chicano-Cuban-Japanese-Jewish-Filipino crew," suggesting that the wide variety of backgrounds is what makes the band's music so interesting.
reaches of the galaxy.
impromptu rally against the closing of a local community center. Ozomatli, a name that comes from the Aztec God of dance, has since brought energetic, political music from the streets of Los Angeles to the rest of the country and the world through relentless touring and endorsement from larger acts like Latin music guru Carlos Santana.
The band's recent record, Embrace the Chaos, is a testament to its versatility and message. Many tunes stick closely to the genre at hand, while others come from a bizarre buffet of cultural influences.
Jiro Yamaguchi, for instance, is one of band's percussionists. Instead of simply adding the standard bongos, congas and timbales of Latin music, he incorporates the tablas. The instrument is
The record won a Grammy award in 2002 for Best Latin/Rock Alternative
album, a category that only seems possible with outfits like Ozomatli.
The title cut features Common and Rakaa from the Dilated Peoples. The two speak their minds about the Democratic National Convention where Ozomati was slated to play at a rally that was shut down by police.
According to saxophonist Ulises Bella, "It was right at the moment when Clinton was giving his speech about how great America was. The irony of it. The cynicism of it. All of it influenced us."
All politics aside, the music is phenomenal. It has the heart and emotion that can bring a room into a funk-induced frenzy. Also, because Ozomatli will be playing with New Orleans funkmaestros Galactic, there will be plenty of room for jam sessions between the bands.
Peter Black pblack@kansan.com
Terrible plot leads to poor action cliché
He may be the self-proclaimed most electrifying man in sports entertainment, but he will have to try a lot harder to so much as make a spark on the big screen. The Rock, Dwayne Johnson, tries his hand at acting in the newest addition to the Mummy series, The Scorpion King.
The Scorpion King follows the rise of the Mathayus, The Rock, from being the last Arcadian avenging his brother's death to becoming the king of a region. He is an assassin that is hired to kill the evil emperor Memnon's sorcerer, Cassandra. Memnon's power completely rests in Cassandra's hands because of her ability to see the future, but that's really about all there is to this film — it has no underlying plot and just has scraps of a love story.
But The Scorpion King does make the world of professional wrestling look good. The plot lines in the WWF are 100 times more complex than the plot in this film.
And let's not forget the incredible dialogue that is strung throughout the film: As the Rock emerges for the first time out of the smoke and with his bow and arrow drawn, he menacingly bellows the hauntingly brilliant line "BOO." (Way to go Rock, you really put the smack down on that line.)
Some might assume that the film's special effects would at least be one saving grace to a cliché action film. However, The Scorpion King fails to offer even that—although this statement may be too harsh. Many exteriors for the huge digital temples are impressive, but what is borderline offensive is the use of a fake night sky after one of the key battles. This scene looks like it is taken from straight from the 1956 film The Ten Commandments.
In a film with a script that fails to offer anything stimulating, it is essential that the special effects are enough to keep an audience interested.
Rock, if you really are the people's champ, please take one for the team and stop acting, or at least try not to make complete wastes of celluloid. It is going to take a lot more than the "People's Elbow" for you to get ahead in the film industry.
Dwayne Johnson has the charisma to have a fruitful career as a movie star, but he needs a role that will allow him to use his charm — rather than his fists — to take over a film.
Never fear! Meghan's column will return in next week's Jayplay.
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