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8/14/2019 The Peg Leg Update: Vol. 1: Issue 3

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Pg 3. . . . . . . . Dakota Rural Action

Pg 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poland

Pg 6. . . . . . . The Next Afghanistan

Pg 7. . . . . . . .Apes Preview Review

Pg 8. . . . . . . . Beatles for Beginners

Pg 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Local Suds

Pg 10. . . . . . . . . . Another Invasion

Pg 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beer

Pg 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fiction

The wins are done, the trees were neverreally that pretty this all, but hey, at

least we still have Brett Favre.Welcome to the third issue oTe Peg

Leg Update. Ill try to keep my ramblingto a minimum this time, as I know youreprobably dying to nd out who that JamesDean o accordion players might be.

Or maybe youd just like to hear moreabout the local ood movement and how tobecome a part o it in Brookings. Simeon has

you covered on the next page.My good riend, ormer roommate and

uture ather o my children (you read that

right) Anthony Castillo had the opportunityto interview a ellow world traveller over inthe UK recently. Mr. Castillo is attendingclasses in Manchester this semester, andalready he seems to be enjoying lie withthose nice olks who unortunately cant seemto spell color correctly.

Next up is a sort o preview to a reviewoPlanet of the Apes. Mr. Lavidson has moreto say on the subject, so keep an eye out.

Mike Roe once again tells you what youshould listen to, this time on page 8. I thinkhis recommendations are spot on.

ps>ux + riends + chicken wings =

great coverage o another local saloon. Checkit out on page 9.And on page 10, whats this? Another

Beatles story? Yep. wo drummers live withme, and two Beatles stories appear in thisissue. What a crazy world we live in. akea peek at Stu Enszs thoughts on the recentre-invasion.

Ten comes more beer prose rom Mr.Bell. Tis time around, he explains whatprohibition and WWII did to the quality odrink in our country. Maybe the governmentshouldnt be involved in regulating whatsubstances should go in peoples bodies and /or distributing massive amounts o resources to

war. It seems to have a ew unintended, shall Isay, unseen consequences. (Please read FredericBastiat.)

Finally, we have a ctional submissionrom my good riend Gina, who lives nearPittsburgh, Penn. We happened to meet inDenver a ew summers ago, and Im thrilled to

bring her talent to Te Peg Leg Update. And yes, that is the president o ouruniversity on the back.

As always, keep updated on the Updateby visiting our online components. Toseaddresses are at the bottom o this page.

We would also like to make a pitch toany and all people thinking about submitting

work to this magazine. Were looking toeature more creative writing, artwork andlocal journalism in uture issues. I you areinterested, just let us know.

Mitch LeClaiEdito

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Dakota Rural Actionby ps>fux

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Dakota Rural Action (DRA) is anorganization dedicated to strengthening

rural South Dakota through communityorganizing, ocusing on land stewardshipand quality ood production. Te non-protorganization (NPO) has oces in Brookingsand Rapid City and has been active or twenty-two years. Te group typically works towardsgoals such as educating rural citizens aboutzoning laws, putting local ood producers incontact with consumers and pushing economicand social policy legislation riendly to amilyarms and small businesses, as opposed toactory arms and corporate practices.

DRA held a banquet to kick of its 2009annual business meeting on Oct. 2nd in Gary,S.D. At the meeting, Frank James, DRAsStaf Director, along with other members,discussed some o the statewide concerns theNPO will ocus on in the next year. One issueis legislation currently being debated concern-ing the Keystone Pipeline, which runs romHardisty, Alberta, Canada, as ar as southernIllinois and central Oklahoma. A proposedexpansion to the pipeline has it cuttingdiagonally across West River South Dakota.DRA works at the state legislature to encour-age a air interace between ransCanada,

the pipeline company, and landowners, aswell ensuring all environmental impact willbe immediately neutralized and that thepipeline will be removed when its useulnesshas been completed. Another issue that DRAis working to advance in Pierre in upcoming

years is a proposed Net Metering Bill. AsAmericas energy inrastructure phases to solarand wind dependence over the next decade, netmetering provisions will allow property ownersto essentially provide their own power through

wind turbines and solar panels. Wind and sunare, o course, highly available to all agriculturalSouth Dakotans, and DRA wants to see these

resources contribute to the economic health orural communities.

Socially, DRA is conscious o the need toengage religious and academic communitiesin the process o shiting our society to ahigher-quality ood system. As one memberstated, Food and justice have a long historyo walking hand in hand. Members eel thateforts towards healthier, better-ed communi-ties inherently have a moral motivation. Betterarming practices ultimately aim to better

provide or those who otherwise have lower-quality access to ood. Young amilies andstudents should have access to local, naturalood, but currently eating natural means payingeight dollars or a quart o milk at the grocerystore. Ultimately, this imbalance will be xedby caring community members reaching outand cooperating with dedicated ood produc-ers.

Te issue o natural ood productionwas a main ocus o Chuck Hassebrook, thekeynote speaker at the banquet. Hassebrook isa member o the Nebraska Board o Regentsand Executive Director o the Center or Rural

Afairs, a Nebraska NPO similar to DRA.

Hassebrook shared that most o the oodmarketed as natural or organic in the grocerystores still originates at corporately-owned,actory-style production acilities that havedisastrous environmental impacts, such as toxicrun-of and loss o genetic diversity, alongsidedetracting rom the healthy economic balanceo a small community by sending protsto large corporations, at times, states away,and pasteurizing smaller operations rom theindustry. Furthermore, the produce typicallymarketed as natural oten has only a marginallyaltered production process. In the case o bee,

armers simply do not inject the cattle withgrowth hormones; antibiotics and syntheticproteins are still utilized. Leaders such asHassebrook envision a system in which ood istruly chemical ree and naturally produced.

One strong tendency among DRAmembers is a high awareness o local issues a-ecting their sector o the agricultural industry.Several Brookings-area armers expressedconcern at SDSU President David Chicoinesappointment to the Board o Directors or

Monsanto, an agriculture company heavily in-volved in GMO seed production. Tese peoplare nervous that Chicoines commitment tothe company will steer SDSUs agricultureprograms towards urther emphasis on actoryarming practices; they would like to see theschool educating young generations o armersto consider environmental responsibility,genetic diversity, and quality ood production.

DRAs Brookings oce has been increas-ingly active in recent years. One project thathas been very well received in the communityis the Local Foods Directory, published onEarth Day 2009. Te directory provides local

consumers with contact inormation or local

meat, produce, and specialty product arms.From heritage breed pork to organic garlic,bison, honey and berries, the Local Foods Direc-tory is an excellent resource or all Brookingsresidents to give themselves access to better,more afordable ood. Tis summer, DRAexpanded the directory to an online location,available at www.sdlocaloods.org. Anothermajor push in the Brookings region has beenthe Farm Beginnings program, which will haveits rst session October 24th. Tis program

will equip young entrepreneurs with the skills

necessary to break into the local agriculturalindustry, such as navigating zoning laws andestablishing necessary credit.

More ino on this excellent NPO can beound at www.dakotarural.org. Basic, amilyand student memberships are all available,but the Local Foods Directory is available toeveryone. It simply exists as an interacebetween armers and ood consumers, enablingBrookings residents to access better, healthierood, grown by riends and neighbors.

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Finding Community in Eastern Europeby Kate Wegehaupt

There had to have been almost 20people crammed into that little green-

wallpapered dining room in Poland. I wascrowded between a ellow student, my platepractically knocking hers of the table, anda giant wooden cabinet lled with countrycrockery and statuettes o Santa Claus. Iranked the meal as one o the best Id yet eatenin the country, an extremely high compliment,as all previous meals had been deliciously andmind-numbingly good. Its what took placeater dinner, though, that made the experiencememorable.

An older gentleman brought out his

accordion, glossy red and black. Now I knowwhat youre thinking an accordion? But thisguy made it look cool. He was the James Deano accordion players. As he worked the instru-ment, the rest o my new Polish riends beganto sing, every single one o them. For the nextorty-ve minutes, hour, Im not sure how long,they sang old Polish stories to us. Jadwiga,the woman who runs the EcoCenter whereshe held our student workshops, translated aew or us. Tere was one song I rememberin particular, about a boy trying to enticehis reluctant lady-riend to kiss him. Temost endearing part o the song, though, was

hearing the heartelt emotion in their voices,behind the words. One woman in particular,probably in her 70s, knew every verse, phrase,and chorus to these songs. She also possessedthe most volume and gusto. I couldnt help butmuse on all the singing o her past; maybe withcomrades during the sixties, or to her childrenbeore bedtime; maybe helping her grand-daughter memorize the words by heart, orencouraging others to sing as loudly as hersel.

Ater relaxing with the music, I was ullyprepared to dream away the rest o my night,

wandering and wondering about Poland.However, someway or another, word got out

that I enjoyed singing too. Instantly, requestsor a song came spilling out, via translator.For the record, I do love to sing. And I doit airly oten, usually oblivious to the ideathat people might be listening, as its quitea habit like talking to yoursel, but lesssocially ostracized. However, singing on cuemakes me nervous. Fingernails about to beripped out nervous. Upon the request, everypossible idea had own rom my head. O

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all the tunes cataloged in my brain, nothingregistered. But ater a ew more Polish songs,some coaxing rom riends, and just a bite oapple cake (afectionately called cakey) tosteel my nerves, I volunteered a song. Teonly one that seemed appropriate, as close toan American olk song as I knew, was Crazy,by Pasty Cline. As I creaked out the rst ew

words, Im sure my voice cracked with nerves.But soon, I was singing heartily, ull voice, just

like my condent Polish riend. For a couplemoments, it was my story. I was reasoning outwhy I still loved a man who made me look likea ool; the rst to admit how crazy it was. Andthen I was done, back in the real world (as realas studying abroad, living on a Polish arm,and having dinner hosted by the citizens oStrzyzw, could be), enjoying good company.

Tat was just one moment rom my twoweeks in Poland. But that moment has mademe think a lot about lie back in the States.At that simple dinner table, I eel like I gavepart o mysel, some intangible bit o Kate, tothat group. I shared something I love with

those people, a big part o mysel that I dontnormally disclose. And in turn, they gave mesomething part o their culture and heritageand community.

So why cant that community travelback to Brookings with me? Weve heard it,time and again, how Facebook and textingand whatever else, cut of our generation romactually sitting down and talking. A guy I

know commented that the reason cofee shopsthrive is because they supply community (andeed our cafeine addictions, but thats anotherstory) the idea that, as a regular, you can sitdown in a booth and count on seeing the otherregulars, aithully typing notes on laptops orscribbling ideas on napkins or staring down theoam in their lattes. But the point is, you eellike you know them.

So how can I experience that community

in (non-cofee shop) lie? Tat unied bodyo individuals (thanks, dictionary) that makeslie more interesting and less solitary? Morethan the, Oh hey. How are you? two-secondinquiry that awkwardly happens in the Union?A genuine exchange between people who care?

Im the rst to admit that it s my ownault I sometimes lack community. I may be anextrovert, but Ive got a little introvert in me,too, just begging to get out (or rather, stay in).Sometimes, its just easier to seclude mysel, toremain in my own little bubble, than take thetime to build solid relationships. Its hard. Youcant just tell someone to go get community.

So what can make it easier?Example time. Remember high school?

You know, that time when we were allawkward and conused, like DJ anner (oFullHouseame) in her teen years. I think becauseI was still learning about mysel my interests,passions, etc., I didnt have enough claim on

who I was. Tereore, my ability to share withothers was limited, making community harder

to come by (again, just like DJ. Her only real,community-like riendship was with Kimmy the next-door neighbor who, though odd, wascondent enough in her quirky personality toprovide true riendship). Post high school (andsitcom reerences aside), Im on rmer personalooting, making it easier to share mysel withothers and have more depth in riendships.

I think everyone can build community its not an exclusive, luck-o-the-draw thing.

At the risk o sounding like your mother, we allhave interesting traits, skills, talents, quirks. II think I have nothing special to ofer, though,or am trying to be carbon copy o somebodyelse, whats the point in sharing mysel? Mylimited lie experience shows that by sharingthe things that make us diferent, we end uplearning the diferent ways we are the same.

But this isnt a lame attempt at philoso-phy. Tis is an article about Poland. So:

In that Polish moment, sitting aroundthe dinner table, I elt so ull, so linked in (noto the internet variety). Tat s community. Ishared a part o mysel and built others up

by listening. When I tentatively stepped outo my comort zone, I elt supported. Tere

was mutual appreciation and encouragementamongst that table.

I own a kitchen table. Te question is,where can I nd an accordion player?

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Words take on a new meaning whenyou experience and understand their

real lie interpretations. For example, wordslike hope and struggle have taken of theirglossy nish or me recently in an incredibleinterview I was blessed to have with a Somaliman named Noor Mohamed.

Our short but emotional interviewshowed me true struggle through the eyes oa man o pure heart and vast hope. Noor is aman whose stature can only be rivaled by hisuncorrupted passion or equality. A Muslimman by aith and an eloquent humanitarianby nature, Noor depicted a world separated

by blood-thirsty warlords and a strugglingshimmer o Democracy. Tis torn and unrulyland is called Somalia.

Since 1991, when the dictator Siad Barrewas nally overthrown ater years o uncon-trolled violence, this country has experiencedonly continued bloodshed and incivility. Inthese years without a leading central body,this area has been encroached upon by over500 other oreign entities. With the vastmajority o Somalia comprised o a moderateMuslim population, I was surprised to hearthat there has been an onslaught o attemptsto aquire power in this region. errorist groups

constantly try and claim territory along theborders o Ethiopia and Kenya.However, the region o most unrest in

Somalia seems to be Mogadishu, the capitolcity. According to Mohamed, the most recentgovernment, led by president Shari Ahmed, isessentially conned within its compound inthe city. Tey are just too helpless, explainsMohamed.

Can you imagine, in the U.S., agovernment claiming it to be the legal U.S.government and cannot control anythingbeyond Manhattan? With this steady threat oterrorist violence, how could this region not go

unnoticed by the outside world?Easily is the answer to that question.

Personally, and I stress personally, Im justgoing to go ahead and assume that theres nottoo much money involved in the salvation othis landbut thats just me.

Tis situation is ar rom just beginning.Te atrocities that have been committed herehave been occurring or decades. Because theinternational community does not recognize

The Next Afghanistan / Beyond BeansAn interview with Noor Mohamedby Anthony Castillo

this region, it makes it easier to see why whatshappening is given essentially zero ocus romthe outside world.

Mohamed explains that the situation inSomalia is boiling so much underneath thesurace that it could be considered, and I quote,Te Next Aghanistan. Tese words ran upmy spine in a chilling manner I have neverelt beore. Mohamed seemed like this was acertainly inevitable and almost unbreakablechain o events to come.

You can perectly call Somalia the nextAghanistan. You have lawlessness, you haveterrorist people who are over there..when

you have a re you dont just check one room.

You want to make sure that the source o allthe res is extinguished, said Mohamed, reer-ring to intervention in Aghanistan and Iraq,but not neighboring countries like Somalia.

Tis nasty concoction in this boiling cauldron,along with many other situations today, doesnot come without undamental recipes oringredients.

- Switching Gears -

The neighboring country o Ethiopia hasbeen struggling with recognition romthe outside world or quite a ew years now

as well. Tere is an issue in Ethiopia that has

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For more, check out:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6086330.stm http://international.ucla.edu/calendar/showevent.asp?eventid=6456&eventdate=2/15/2008 http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2007/may/04/globalisation.ethicalliving http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_proles/1072592.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6619307.stm http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/03/05/8401343/index.htm

We all have a basic human decency that unites us. My riend, Noor Mohamed

Life, The Universe, and Everything: Part Oneby Duke Lavidson

Point o clarication to be made; thisarticle is a preview o a review. I waslimited on time and space and thus havesupplied you with only enough to perk yourcuriosity. With that said, please read on.

Imagine yoursel in a zoo. You walkamongst the primate exhibits admiring thesimians, prosimians, etc., until you happenupon a bonobo. Te bonobo watches you curi-ously with bright eyes and a sullen demeanor.He listens as you say, Hello, little one. Whatis your name? Ten he gets up and says, Myname is aylor. Oh my *#*ing god.

Tis is the premise o Franklin J.Schafners great 1968 classic, Te Planet of theApes. It stars the late, great and sort o crazyCharlton Heston alongside the gloriously mutebeauty o Linda Harrison. Te lm is a visualrepresentation o my philosophy on lie, theuniverse, and everything. I could go on and onabout how great it is, but I will leave it to youto watch it yoursel; in act, just go buy it now.

Instead I will give you a ew o the best quotes,such as this one:

Beware the beast Man, or he is theDevils pawn. Alone among Gods primates,he kills or sport or lust or greed. Yea, he willmurder his brother to possess his brothersland. Let him not breed in great numbers, orhe will make a desert o his home and yours.Shun him; drive him back into his jungle lair,or he is the harbinger o death.

Tis quote is read rom one o theapes secret religious scrolls (sort o like theChristian book o Judas) by a chimp namedCornelius. He is commanded to do so byone Dr. Zaius. Dr. Zaius is the apes Ministero Science, as well as the keeper o the aith.

Tey see no contradiction in this, and as witheverything in this movie, that idea parallels ourown civilization. Tat quote is well ollowedby this one:

You are right, I have always known aboutman. From the evidence, I believe his wisdom

must walk hand and hand with his idiocy. Hisemotions must rule his brain. He must be a

warlike creature who gives battle to everythingaround him, even himsel.

Tis quote came direct rom Dr. Zaius,the only ape who knows the truth aboutmankind.

I these pearls o wisdom have struck achord in you, i you know that there is some-thing terribly wrong with our society, then Ichallenge you to go out and watch this lm,or better yet, read the book. Once you have

watched/read it; do something about it. Makea change or the better. reat animals withrespect. reat your riends with respect. reat

yoursel with respect. More on this subject toollow.

So long, and thanks or all the sh!

If you would like to agree, disagree, orquestion please do so. Email me at

[email protected].

some similarity when it comes to hardshipsresulting rom neglect. Another issue thatNoor and I touched on in our interview wasthat o Starbucks Cofee essentially starvingthe people o Ethiopia, ull-well havingknowledge o this act, while withholdingmillions at the same time. Now keep in mind

this issue rst came to ruition three or so yearsback.

Let me set the scene: Ethiopia began anapplication process or trade marking severalbrands o cofee that comes rom Ethiopia andis sold internationally. Te three main names

were Yirgachefe, Harrar and Sidamo.Ethiopias intentions were to gain more controlon their exports so that they could gain agreater share o the prots. By greater share,I mean they basically wanted something,ANYHING more than their armers werereceiving at that time. What it comes down to

is that the laborers working in the elds wereessentially getting paid less than dog ood toarm this resource. Mohamed described it asthe poorest people in the world laboring orthe richest peoples tastes. In some areas theyhad no idea what these beans were gettingturned into, or where they were going or that

matter. Noor told me about a BBC documen-tary on child labor in which some Aricancocoa arms had children working there whohad no idea what chocolate was.

Wrapping up, it always boils down tothe ingredients o these issues that are alwaysoverlooked. Everyone worries once it becomesa problem that afects them personally. Its amatter o prior action instead o reaction. As

an international community it is our obliga-tion to at least act as one world instead o

just thinking like one. Im not about to spewline ater line o what-to-dos at you now. Immerely going to say I had a nice chat withsomeone I will always remember and appreci-ate. It is o our own ree will that we nd out

whats going on in the world and how to makeit what we want it to be. Not to be conused

with experts telling us what the world is likeand how to t into it.

PS: Because o time constraints Im notexactly sure what the result o the Ethiopianissue was, I guess thats part o your ree will tond out or yoursel.


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An Uncomfortably Extensive Catalogby Mike Roe

In its inancy, the rock and roll genre wasan art o image. Elvis Presley, Bo Diddley,

Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly and Bill Haleywere all larger-than-lie rontmen o back-upbands o considerably less signicance.

Dozens upon bakers dozens o these actscame and went, and while a handul o theseartists have endured the ages, most have long-since been snagged by the lters o memoryloss, old age or good old ashioned senility.

o many music ans, February o 1964 isjust an arbitrary date without much implica-tion, but to someone like yours truly with a

vast and incomprehensible knowledge (i.e. the

internet), it is the date that changed Americanmusic orever.Te British Invasion, as most know it,

began with Te Beatles. When John Lennon,George Harrison, Paul McCartney, and RingoStarr arrived in America or the rst timeto appear on the Ed Sullivan Show and playtheir rst shows in the colonies (one at the

Washington Coliseum in Washington D.C.and one at Carnegie Hall in New York City)they could not have known how ar and widetheir inuence would reach over the next45 years. For many, Beatlemania has ragedever since 1964, but or a ew in the younger

generation, the music o Te Beatles was neverheard beore the latest version o Rock Band.So i youre out there thinking, Hey, Ive

never really listened to Te Beatles beore;maybe I should check them out, this article isor you. Te Beatles catalog is almost uncom-ortably extensive or new-coming enthusiaststo attempt to internalize, so consider this anabridged list o Beatles material that I think

you should denitely check out.

1. Te Beatles (1968)Most commonly reerred to as Te WhiteAlbum, the bands only release o 1968 will

certainly give you the most bang or yourbuck. Te double album is packed with suchan eclectic track list that anyone and everyonecan nd enjoyment. Ater returning roma spiritual retreat and remarkably successulsongwriting session in India, the band enteredthe studio to quickly discover the turmoil that

would encumber their relationships or yearsto come. Drummer Ringo Starr actually quitthe band or a brie period o time during the

recording oTe White Album, leaving bassistPaul McCartney to play drums or a ew takes.Highlights include Dear Prudence, WhileMy Guitar Gently Weeps, Yer Blues, Hel-ter Skelter, Revolution 1 and many others.

2. Abbey Road(1969)Te most striking aspect o this albumis its bitter-sweet quality. Going into therecording sessions orAbbey Roadin 1969, TeBeatles knew that this was probably to be theirlast album. Tey agreed to put aside the difer-ences and tensions that had developed duringthe recording sessions or Te White Album

and make the best possible record they could.While Let It Bewas technically the last albumreleased beore the bands break-up in 1970,Abbey Roadwas the last to be recorded, so it ismost commonly held to be the nal arewellrom the ab our. Harrisons development asa songwriter becomes quite obvious ater onelistens to Something and Here Comes theSun. Other key points on the album includeCome ogether, Oh Darling, I Want You(Shes So Heavy) and the epic song medleythat takes up most o side two.

3.

Yellow Submarine (1968)

While the soundtrack is certainlyantastic in itsel, I would denitely suggestchecking out the actual movie. I youre intoquirky, weird British humor, youll love it. Tepremise is pretty antastic, as it involves theour Beatles traveling in a submarine throughseveral seas (Sea o ime, Sea o Holes, Seao Nothing, etc.) to save the ctional Pepper-land rom its occupancy by the Blue Meanies.

Te humor in the movie may not suit yourancy; it is presented in an amusingly subtlemanner not common in the age o moviesstarring Will Ferrell or Steve Carell that seemto slap you in the ace with punch line ater

punch line. Yellow Submarineis one o myavorite movies o all time, so at least watch itand make your own judgment.

4.Sgt. Peppers Lonely HeartsClub Band(1967)Sgt. Peppers was really the rst great

masterpiece album that the Beatles created.Fed up with their troublesome and disruptivetouring, the band decided to concentrate moreon making music rather than playing it. Tisallowed them to ully concentrate on theirsongwriting in a whole new way. SPLHCB,

while lacking an overarching theme (althoughmany o the songs deal with childhood andeveryday lie), is considered by many to be therst concept album. Te Beatles decided thatthey would each adopt an alias and create an

album as this alter-ego super group. While theidea sort o ell through during the recordingprocess, this album still remains a testament tothe unbridled creativity and inventiveness o

Te Beatles.

5. Rubber Soul(1965)I dont personally nd Rubber Soul to bequite as engaging as some o the later Beatlesalbums, but it is an album o the utmostimportance in their musical development.Earlier albums seem much more unrened andconcentrated on the pop / rock genres. Withthe release oRubber Soul, however, listen-ers can hear many more musical inuences,such as olk and Indian classical music. Manypeople attribute this album to be one o therst o the acid rock genre, although its notnearly as trippy as some later releases o thesort. Rubber Soulmarks a key point in TeBeatles development as musicians, as it is withthis album that they begin to stray rom writ-ing songs that people expect them to write andstart to experiment with new and innovativeinstrumentation, orm and texture o theircompositions.

So there you have it: some top notchBeatles material to supplement your RockBand addiction. Keep in mind that thisis all the opinion of someone who has adeep-seeded admiration for this band. I giveyou the full right to disagree with any and allof the above suggestions, just be sure to letus know at [email protected] listening chaps.


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Local Suds #3 - Rainy Day Blues in Auroraby ps>fux

Iam depressed because o the rain. Not justthese past couple weeks Im depressed

because o the whole rain pattern since thebeginning o August. During the whole lasthal o the summer it never rained, and the latedevelopers in my garden sufered. My cherrytomatoes only yielded seven or eight ruits perbush, my second crop o beets developed onlyslightly larger than gol balls and the pumpkin

vines dried up, stranding the hal-ripe ruitssomewhere between the size o a sotball andtether ball. My only plants that prospered inthe dry second hal o the summer where thepeppers, which I planted ar too many o, so

that now, even in October, I am eating riedbanana pepper sandwiches, spicy habaeroomelets, and mozzarella stufed bells. I havebeen eating a lot o them, because I am alwayshungry when Im depressed, and these lasttwo weeks o cold drizzle have locked me upin the house with a ridge ull o peppers anda garden ull o otherwise dead vegetablesand all this rain sucks. Ater all my plantsdied or desperate need o rain, it comes, withcold temps and increased homework loadsand a ridge ull o slowly wilting peppers andinsucient pumpkins that, probably due to thegrey mood o lie in general, seem emblematic

o my character on the whole.In the middle o this drizzly depression,I decided I must buck up and go out tohave an adventure. Ater all, I am a travel

columnist - o sorts - and our region is ull ocomortable small towns and colorul pubs,ull o interesting, grizzled old bartenders andarmers locked inside, shooting Black Velvetbecause their soy beans are stuck out in themud. I recruited a buddy rom the ball club,incidentally named Goat, to venture out withme and nd some Local Suds excitement.

We decided to discover what Aurorahad to ofer, and, ater a peak in the YellowPages, headed over to Lemkes Bar & Grill.Lemkes is impossible to miss on Auroras tinymain-street; the town basically unctions asa rural suburb o Brookings and doesnt have

much else besides a grain elevator and a couplechurches. Unortunately, Goat and I didntnd much to get excited about at Lemkes ona drippy, chilled aternoon. Lemkes doesnthave any dogs, alive like Bushnells or stonelike the Lucky Dogs, to greet a costumer uponentering, and only two quiet patrons silentlysmoked in ront o video lottery machines atopposite ends o the building. Te bar doesnteven possess a cribbage board. Te atmosphereinside matched the atmosphere outside as wequietly shot pool and tried to coax an interest-ing story out o the bartender to no efect. Tebufalo wings were tasty, but not impressive.

Small and crispy, the size o the dishmatches its relatively low price o $3.95.Te meat did have excellent avor, althoughsauceless wings arent usually hot enough or

me, but the wings were a little atty. However,this was not surprising, as their size and styleimmediately indicate only medium quality.

One interesting small sparkle appearedin the orm o a new drink, something I amalways on the lookout or at these establish-ments. Lemkes recently began carrying

Jeremiah Weed Sweet ea Vodka, and weound the beverage to our liking. Te liquoris served in either lemonade or water; Goatand I preerred it in water, but this may simplybe due to the kind o lemonade they serveat Lemkes. I imagine Jeremiah Weed beingdelicious in resh, homemade lemonade, along

with a splash o Jameson. We spotted a signadvertising two-or-one drinks starting at8 p.m. on uesday nights with a college IDand decided we would have to continue thisadventure another week.

Goat and I ended up playing cribbageat my house while drinking Karkovs andlemonade made rom Hyvee brand rozenconcentrate. It was pretty good, and I made acouple pumpkin pies with my pitiul produce.Perhaps in another article I will share sometips on making a good pie crust, but with ap-parently endless rainy aternoons to kill lately, I

would rather suggest you try it yoursel. While

theyre in the oven, play some cribbage with agood riend, and, i the rainy all blues reallyhave you down, hit up some vodka and sweettea. Its getting cold out.

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On my last trip to Borders I was browsingthrough the music DVD when I heardsomething very promising that over shadowedall current news o war, recession and othertragic events in our world. As a young boy

(5-7 years old) looks at a poster I hear, TeBeatles huh? Ive heard o them but neverlistened to them. I think Id like to. Tisstatement o innocence brought back eelingso nostalgia as I knew I had witnessed the rststep in that kids journey with Te Beatles. Mysot spot or Te Beatles is one thing I do nottend to hide.

Te Fab Four is back in the headlines, andwhat did they do this time? Well, not muchreally. It has been 40 years since Te Beatlesnal perormance together on the rootopo Apple Records in London, but theyrereceiving more PR than Te Jonas Brothers.

Its about time! Te release o Te Beatles:Rock Band and the completely remastereddiscography have helped put them in thespotlight they are so used to, but Te Beatleslegacy transcends commercial success. Tesuccess theyve achieved cant be measured bysimple record sales.

In Read Te Beatles, a collection o articlesand excerpts about the band, June Skinner

...But Im Not the Only Oneby Stuart Ensz

Recovery is Hereby Ross Bell

You may say that I m a dreamerBut Im not the only oneI hope someday youll join usAnd the world will be as one

- ImagineJohn Lennon

Can you believe that at one point inUnited States history it was illegal todrink a beer? Te dark ages during the 1920sand 30s had a proound efect on why beer isthe way it is in the United States. Prohibitioncombined with the rations o World War II topaint a pretty clear picture o why Americanbeer has not been so great.

Beer was prevalent during the early yearso this county. Much like in the old world,any town o considerable size had its ownbrewery. Tese were the early microbrewerieso the United States. Many o the beers that

were brewed were in the English and Dutchtradition; that is, they were ales. German,Czech and Polish immigrants who came laterbrought lagers with them.

During this time, the young Americanbreweries ourished. During the Revolution-ary War, soldiers were allotted one quart obeer per day. Ater the war, several statesspecically would not tax breweries andencouraged people to drink American beer.

Sawyers writes, Te truth is that Te Beatlesmean diferent things to diferent people and,perhaps most signicantly, diferent things todiferent generations. Te timeless music andlyrics o Te Beatles managed to nd a place in

our parents record collections, and now theyretaking up memory in our iPods. Te Beatleshave solved the musical equation o how to

connect with every single person who listens totheir music.o me Te Beatles represent the purest

music that has yet to be created. From theawless harmonies on Here Comes TeSun to the studio masterpiece that is the Sgt.Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Bandalbum, I ndsubtle hints o genius through the course oeach listen. Teir simplicity coupled with the

emotion put orth by each member has createdan unmatched musical legacy.

Im not the only who eels this way.Bands pay homage to the Brits by coveringsongs and sometimes whole albums, like the

Easy Star All-Stars renditionEasy StarsLonely Hearts Dub Band, a reggae tribute to theaorementioned album. A visit to your localtorrent site is highly recommended or sometasty listening.

Its easy to nd Te Beatles. Just changethe dial on your radio to 107.1 FM on Sundaymornings rom 11-12 noon and enjoy yourcofee with the delightul hour-long radiobroadcast Breakfast With Te Beatles hosted byDennis Mitchell. Tis could be the best houro your week. Tere are also podcasts andblogs dedicated to Te Beatles, they still gracethe cover o entertainment magazines and with

all the literature written about them, therecould be a personalized section in your localbookstore.

So ll up your iPod and rediscoverperhaps the greatest band o our time. Eachtime you listen, listen with new ears, and you

will be sure to all deeper into the wonderulworld o Te Beatles.

Cheers and happy listening.

Te pro beer attitude continued untilater the civil war when the idea o prohibitioncame up. In 1867, a time when there were

over 3,500 breweries in the United States,both New York and Iowa attempted to pass aprohibition bill; both ailed. By the early 20thcentury, many more prohibition groups hadormed and were putting pressure on Congressto act. Tey nally succeeded, and prohibitionbecame a reality in 1919.

Prohibition caused many o the almost4,000 breweries in the United States to close.

Te breweries that survived the 14 years oprohibition did so by making near beer,or soda. I wouldnt doubt that some o thebreweries that survived continued to make beerunder the radar.

Once prohibition ended, breweries beganto pop up again. Tis is when the Americanlager became so popular. Just when breweries

were reestablishing themselves, World War IIbroke out. Some breweries started producing

valuables or the war efort. Other brewerieswere subject to grain rations. Without aconstant supply o grain, its tough to make agood beer. Tis explains the huge popularityo light, low in alcohol, zzy, yellow lagers that

American beer is known or. World War IIdid not allow or the microbreweries to popup again. Why try to produce beer when you

dont have access to tons o malts? Its myhypothesis that due to 14 years o prohibitionand another 15 years o not-so-great beer,people orgot that they had options when itcame to beer. Tat is really where this storybegins.

Te beer industry has in the past 25 yearsnally recovered rom prohibition and World

War II. Microbreweries are gaining momen-tum, while the huge macrobreweries that havehad so much success are beginning to actdesperately. Some businesses boast over 120beers to choose rom. ry nding an establish-ment in 1965 that had such a selection. Evenin the 80s, your on-drat selection would likelyhave been Pabst, Strohs, Budweiser, and i you

were lucky, Grain Belt Premium.So go crazy and get a microbrew. Who

knows, you might like it. In the next Peg LegUpdate, I will give an in depth look at how theexplosion o microbreweries has changed thebeer industy. Also, I will look at the advent obeer snobbery.

Hey, got any beer questions? Do you have a request for a beer review? Do you want to have a brew? E-mail me at [email protected]


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Practice Saying Non-Interferenceby Gina Caciolo

Carpet- Im stoned; my back is ushwith the carpet in Brandons hallway; ourbodies parallel in the stairwell opening. Oureet dangle over several steps, and we took ourglasses of at least an hour ago, leaving us blind.

Te hazy white ceiling hanging over us leavesus with plenty o conversation. I shit my aceto the let, and our noses are centimeters apart.I think about wanting to kiss him, but not

wanting to be the initiator. Reusing, in act.My heart pumps through six moments whereI think it will happen. It actually occurs twohours later, when we are spread across my bed,rom staring at the view o the city rom my

apartment. Our glasses are of, and we interactin stoned lip play or our hours.

Eyebrow- Ive been lying in theemergency room or hours. My mom pats myhand and tells me, Te surgeon did a great

job. Tey shot needles around my eyebrow,and the area continues to eels numb, wherethey sutured it. I tenderly touch the area withmy ngers, but I cant eel the skin around myeyebrow. While my mom may be sitting nextto me, loneliness overwhelms me. I ask i I

can use the bathroom. Te nurse helps me outo bed, and I struggle to the door. Beore thenurse opens it or me she says, I wouldnt lookin the mirror. It doesnt matter how you looknow, itll clear up, and it always looks worsethan it really is. I pull the gown up and go,and ater I wash my hands in the dark, ater Iopen the door a ew inches, I look back intothe mirror, and begin to cry.

Paper- It s Valentines Day, andBrandon and I exited the restaurant, placedthe tiny pieces o paper on our tongues in thebathroom, and are now walking, hastily, back tothe apartment. How am I going to know i itskicking in? he asks. I roll the paper rom oneside o my tongue to the other, then ip it over.It sticks, and I suck down as much mucousas possible, so the efects will kick in quicker.Youll know. But whats it going to eel like?

Were holding hands and skipping through redlights to get back to the apartment. I dont

want to be tripping on acid on the streets oPittsburgh, I say. Can we move it along? Icheck my cell phone or the third time andrealize it has been teen minutes. (Its abouta orty minute walk back to the apartment, i

you hit the lights right.) My tongue pulls thepaper of the roo o my mouth and I swallowit; I tell Brandon to do the same. For the nexttwenty minutes, hell ask, Whats it goingto eel like, and, How will I know, at leastanother ve times. Its once Im dancing, back

and orth, around the corner o my bedroomand the living room, bareoot, so I can run mytoes along the texture o the carpet, its whenIm spitting out organic blueberry granolabecause it tastes like metal, its when I orget Ican smell, and I mention that to him, that heknows what its like, and knows that he knowsits kicking in.

Trashcan - Lets do another shot oSouthern Comort, Steve says. Steve and AJjust got back rom my boyriend, Aarons, 24thbirthday. When another roommate openedthe door, Steve and AJ were holding Aaronup, stumbling themselves. I shoot my hand inthe air. Yes! I exclaim. Yes! Lets do anotherone. I just nished drinking a hal a bottle oSouthern Comort with one o the roommatesand a ull bottle o Amaretto. We clink theshot glasses, bubble painted with bikinis onthem, and shoot the Southern Comort downour throats. But its my last shot or the nightas I turn around and try to nd a trash bag. My

stomach burns and I can smell the pizza onre in the toaster oven. While searching, Steveasks, Do you want a sip o Coke or a chaser?My eyes lock on the kitchen can and I pukequickly into its plastic belly. When I lean up,Steve asks again, Maybe yes?

Yoga- My body soaks with sweat asI roll up my mat--slightly stuck to the oor.Ive just completed my rst hour o yoga classand will head to a cofee shop ater to drinkcafeine-ree tea and relax. Te session opened

with everyone in a circle, and the instructorasked us to explain why were here. Te plushrectangle that supported my movements orthe last sixty minutes, now slung over myshoulder, lays against the back o my spine asI walk towards Susan. ears accumulate in myeyes as I tell her how amazing my body eels,how Im hoping this helps with my anxiety,and, as the tears roll and my voice breaks, Ihope it can help me take less o my medica-tion. Susan opens her arms and envelopes myextremely wet body into her warm welcomebody. She pulls me in and holds me until mycrying subsides, and then shares with me that

she cried at the end o every yoga sessionduring her rst year. Youre going to be alrightreally, she shares, and I realize her hug eltmore rereshing and meaningul than one anyboyriend or amily member has ever given.


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