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Thursday, March 8, 2001
HOROSCOPES
Today's Birthday (March 8).
Partnership is your theme this year. Renew your vows, and refresh your views. A confrontation in March is good for you; it could lead to more money in April. Good sense saves you in May. Use what you have to get what you want at home in June. Take another honeymoon in July. Follow your partner's instincts in September. Push through to success in December. Face your fears and dissolve them in February.
Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 5.
There's trouble at first, but eventual success.
The job you've taken on looks impossible, but,
it's not. What you learn could be useful and
profitable later. Allow for extra time to get
things done.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7.
You hate to be the guy who's always saying no, but you may be him today. Your sweetheart or a child wants too much, and you can't afford it. But something you find late tomorrow could satisfy you both.
Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 6.
Don't get impatient with an older person and a younger person who both demand your time.
You don't have much time for yourself now, but make your escape this weekend.
Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 6.
Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 6.
Separate from a controversy that's raging in your neighborhood or at work. Changes are adding to the unrest, but the situation will improve. Advise others to be patient, and do the same yourself.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 5.
Everybody's after your money. You'd like to comply, but don't. Your kids or your sweetheart want something, and your favorite charity wants something else. Pay bills first.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 5.
Your good ideas are facing resistance. Take other people's opinions into consideration to succeed. Compromise, but don't give in on the most important stuff.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 5.
Work smart instead of harder. Instead of driving across town for something, ask the store to mail it. You'll have more time to be with your sweetheart, which is really what you want.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7.
You're wondering how to get the money that your favorite group wants. Share the burden, instead. Mastermind a fund-raiser; that's where your real talent lies.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 5.
A controversy rages around you that could lead to more work. Make sure it's the kind you enjoy, and that you get paid what you're worth.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 6.
Don't move too quickly on preliminary information; it may not be the whole story. Your adds of success are great, but don't launch until you're sure. It might take until tomorrow to find out.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 5.
You may hear that you can't afford your
you want for your home, but it might not be
true. Keep shopping around, and your chance
of success is good by tomorrow.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 5.
If your partner is finding fault with everything,
chill out. Avoid an argument, even if you have
to sidestep an issue. It's just a phase. By tomorrow
night, everything should be fine.
CD REVIEWS
Note: Horoscopes have no basis in scientific fact and should be read for entertainment purposes only.
Iconz offers mediocre Florida gangsta rap
Iconz Street Money (Elektra)
Iconz, a group of rappers from
Florida, are claiming to represent the best of Florida's soon-to-be blown-up rap scene. As one of their
producers says in the group's bio, "We're out to build superstars and our first disc sets the stage." They claim to tell it like it is — the good and the bad — while letting you know they will represent M-I-A-M-I 'til the day they die.
With a melody very similar to DMX's "Stop Being Greedy," lconz presents a South meets Nelly bounce in "1 Represent." As they represent Florida, they flow on beats that stay down south but have a touch of Dr. Dre creativity. All the standard southern Gangsta Rap anthems are present, such as "You a Trick," "Get...Up," and
"Representin' the South." but the diverse production often upstages the consistently aggressive lyrics.
Overall, the Ionz present a tightly produced album you can easily get crunched to. They represent Florida in their chosen style, but as a guy who cares more about creativity and progress than locale, I can't get down with the Ionz Street Money. But you know, do your dhang...
Chemistry enthusiastic blend of melodies
Miles Bonny
Semisonic Chemistry (MCA)
The three-man band famous for the omnipresent "Closing Time" has returned, with a musically vibrant album. Chemistry (to be released Tuesday, March 13) blends uneven, upbeat rockers with a handful of fine ballads, all enthusiastically performed by lead singer, guitarist and songwriter Dan Wilson, drummer Jacob Sliccher and bassist John Munson.
The album's opening track,
"Chemistry," has rock-radio hit
written all over it. It's a bit too slick.
really, it sounds fabulous on first listen, but after a few months of heavy rotation, it could cause homicides.
Much better, if slightly less catchy, is the anguished balladry of "Act Naturally."
The best track on the album is Wilson's collaboration with legendary singer-songwriter Carole King. While the 50-something King might seem like an odd fit for the group, "One True Love" is a gorgeous song. Wilson and King harmonize on the chorus, and her electric piano drives the song's ingratiatingly angular melody.
Naturally," one of the
few times Wilson dips below the arena-rock surface of the rest of the album.
It's a transcendent moment on an album that — despite its considerable verve and charm — could use a few more.
TV show to feature local brews
Clay McCuistion
Bv Nicole Roché
jayplay@kansan.com
Jayplay writer
A public television documentary, calling itself "a beer love story," is an hour-long program that looks at the history of beer and the impact of the local beer industry.
Tapping Kansas City, which first aired Sunday night, will air again tonight at 9:30 on KCPT Channel 7.
Free State Brewing Company, 636 Massachusetts St., is one of several influential Kansas City-area breweries mentioned in the program.
Owner Chuck Magerl said the opening of Free State in 1989 helped revive the concept of smaller, local breweries.
"In the 1870s, there were a hundred breweries in Kansas, and by 1777 there were certainly none," Magerl said. "It was really historical research that prompted us to start this business."
Soon after, other microbreweries in the area began gaining popularity.
"No one between Chicago and Denver was doing what we were doing here," Magier said. "We were kind of the ones who got everyone scratching their heads and saying, 'A brewery?'"
Eight years later, Sports Page Breery, 3512 Clinton Parkway, opened its doors.
Sports Page manager Bill Saleh said there were advantages to a local brewery instead of a larger distributor.
"We make everything fresh here — there's no additives," Saleh said. "It's an old style of making beer."
Tapping Kansas City explores several aspects of the history of beer, including everything from how it's made to how it's celebrated in the Kansas City area.
Magerl said Lawrence breweries had an important role in the Kansas
Lawrence breweries are being showcased on a public television documentary, Tapping Kansas City, tonight at 9:30 on channel 7. Kansan file photo
City beer industry, despite operating on a smaller scale.
"So much of what we focus on here is the style and the flavor of the beer," Magerl said. "Those are concerns on a daily level, rather than marketing and distribution like some of the larger companies."
Edited by Melissa Coolev
LIVE MUSIC CALENDAR
Todav
Live DJ at Abe and Jake's Landing,
8 E. Sixth St.; 21 and up.
Stew at the Jazzhaus, 926v2 Massachusetts St.; $4 cover; 21 and up.
DJ J.P. at Brown Bear Brewing Company, 729 Massachusetts St.; $2 cover; 21 and up.
Mason Jennings at the Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St.; 18 and up. Tomorrow
DJ Kilby at Brown Bear Brewing Company, 729 Massachusetts St.; $2 cover, ladies get in free; 21 and up.
Left Undone at the Jazzahaus,
9261_2| Massachusetts St.; $5
cover: 21 and up.
Jazz Mandolin Project at the Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St.: 18 and up.
D. C. Bellamy at Abe and Jake's Landing, 8 E. Sixth St.; $5 cover; 21 and up.
Saturday
Brazilian Carnival party at Bake and Jake's Landing, B. E, Sixth St.; 21 and up.
DJ J.P. at Brown Bear Brewing Company, 729 Massachusetts St.; $2 cover; 21 and up.
The Anniversary, Spoon and The Good Life at the Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St.; 18 and up.
Carnival Groove at the Jazzhaus,
9261/2 Massachusetts St.; $5
cover; 21 and up.
Superdrag at 7th Heaven, 1000
Massachusetts St., no cover, all ages.
Singer and songwriter showcase at
Abe and Jake's Landing, B E. Sixth
St.; 21 and up.
Superdrag, Mink Lung and 5th Ticket Fraud at the Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St.; 18 and up.
Jazzhaus Open Jam with The Spanktones at 926<sub>1/2</sub>
Massachusetts St.: $2 cover; 21 and up.
Kirk Rundstrom, Mike West and Myshkin at Replay Lounge. 946 Massachusetts St.: $2 cover; 21 and up.
Junior Brown at the Bottleneck, 737
Nunberg Hospital St. 81 and on.
- Kilby at Brown Bear Brewing Company, 729 Massachusetts St.; $2 cover; 21 and up.
To get your club's events listed in the live music calendar, send a fax to 864-0391 or e-mail invaplow@kansan.com.
ODDITIES
Nebraska TV station angers Survivor fans
LINCOLN, Neb. — Fans of Survivor have put up with animal killings, backbiting and strange contestants. But they won't put up with basketball.
Local Survivor II addicts who looked at the weekly TV listings were alarmed to see that CBS affiliates in Lincoln and Omaha would be showing the Big 1.2 Conference basketball tournament tonight instead of their favorite show.
The show will still air tonight, but not at its regularly scheduled time. It will be shown on tape-delay after the Nebraska-Kansas State game.
Nancy Smith, programming director at KMT-VT in Omaha, said calls started coming in last week.
Real estate sale reveals Mafioso's bad taste
Both stations will show tonight's late Texas A&M-Missouri game on tape delay after Survivor II. The rest of the CBS prime-time shows will air early tomorrow morning.
"Oh yeah, it's been a real headache," she said. "The Survivor people were ridabid about having it on."
MILWAUKEE — The Godfather it wasn't.
Lincoln's KOLN-TV and KMTV have contracted annually with ESPN to carry the Big 12 Tournament, which runs today through Sunday.
Bargain hunters picked through reputed mob boss Frank Balistrieri's bookshelves, closets, wine cellar and underwear drawer during a real estate sale Monday at Balistrieri's home.
"For a mob boss, he sure had poor taste," said Jim Huber, one of the first in line.
Ballistarieri, also known as Mr. Big, was rumored to run organized crime in Milwaukee until he died in 1993 at age 74, just 15 months after being released from federal prison.
He and his wife, Antonina, raised four children in the 85-year-old Italianate house, including sons Joe and John, who also did time in federal prison.
No one has lived in the house for years. Open House Estate Sales opened the place to the public Monday after it was sold. It was assessed at $428,000 last year.
Many of the people in line since midnight Sunday didn't know they were about to step into something out of a Martin Scorsese movie.
"Most people either don't know or don't care anymore," said Gary Otto, a regular at estate sales.
Mr. Big's leather monogrammed satchel went for $9, his fedoras for $5. Closets were full of his silk and polyester pinstiped suits and next to a book on criminology was a medical journal titled "Peptic Ulcer."
Obituary innovator finds death a brisk business
CHICAGO — When Troy Hall went to his uncle's funeral, he took one look at the obituary his relatives had written with the help of the funeral home and knew something had to be done.
"There was no personal touch," he said. "So he went home and wrote a
new version, detailing fond memories about his uncle.
Hall realized he was onto something and, in 1993, started a business on Chicago's South Side — simply called The Obituary Store.
"It seemed to me if you need furniture,you go to the furniture store, and if you need groceries,you go to the grocery store,so if you need an obituary,you go to the obituary store," said Hall,who has worked in insurance and run a small desktop publishing company.
Since he began the business, Hall estimates his company has helped families write 12,000 obtuiances. In the months to come, he plans to take the business national, via an obtuiary Web site.
The Obituary Store provides a form on which families can give basic information such as name, birth date, death date, schooling and survivors. He also collects stories of the deceased.
He charges anywhere from $95 to nearly $800.
The Associated Press
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