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Letters 4 Red Meat 4 City Beat 5 p10 City Shot 5 Analysis 6 Syndicate This 7 Film 10 City Guide 12 Get on the Guestlist 14 Books 15 Music 16 Prague Log 17 Art 18 Savage Love 19 This Modern World 19 Dish 20 Classifieds 22 p20 Rehabilitating Mr. Wiggles 22 LeTTer From THe PuBLisHer Hey friends. We Pill co-founder who, together with Micah have a new lineup Jayne, put this paper on the map. We here at the Pill. salute you, bro. And wish you the best in It’s not as though New York, New York. May your scribbles we haven’t had to move more (and bigger) mountains. face changes But enough gushing. We have work to around here since do. It’s time to make the doughnuts. Day One. It’s just Starting next issue (#26) Andy Markowitz that this time we’re is our editor. He’s an old-school (but not really mixing it up. that old) city-paper veteran from Baltimore. The long and He’s got chops, believe it. He takes over short of it is this: Jeff Koyen (a.k.a. The the editorial desk along with our two young Ringer) drifted by our office last Spring, shotguns (but not that young), Joshua stuck around to take our training wheels Cohen and Travis Jeppesen. It’s gonna be off, and boosted the paper in a big, big great, this new Pill of ours. You’ll see. Enjoy way. He’d planned on leaving later this it with us. Spring – but then he suddenly landed a dream job as editor-in-chief of New York Press, a free city paper like ours but with 100 more pages in it, and so left last week. Yours, Thanks for helping us out, Jeff. No hard John Caulkins feelings, really. Now, about taking Alex with Publisher you . . . Alexander Zaitchik is going to New York too, to be Jeff’s associate editor. Alex is a

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ìDo you go along with anything until it becomes obviously wrong even to the corrupt establishment that you are supposed to be an alternative to?î [email protected] —Elisabeth Hangar and Stefan Landers Our Letters Page: Better Than Phone Sex? This issue: Havel’s messy friends, Prague versus Berlin, a coda on Dean Reed . . . and the ongoing prostitution debate.

Republic of Diapers life. Sometimes I just think those had the same last name as the qualifier above the other adverts? Or stereotypes were trotted out in the insignificant facts should be out there American revolutionary buried in the are the ones for the whorehouses not belief that abusive xenophobia is Dear Pill boys, for everybody to ponder. So, I write. Kremlin wall, John Reed. really advertisements, but some kind of good for a laugh. Jan Pavelka’s recollection of the 1978 What else can a poor woman do Regards, trade? It’s appropriate that a self- meeting of dissident intellectuals and these days to get some fuckin’ Scott Spires Finally, in your condemnation of the confessed Scot should claim the the Czech underground at Havel’s attention, except for walking topless Chicago, Ill., USA movie The Guru, you ironically criticise stereotype for his nation of being cottage [“King’s Exit,” Pill #24] raises into an Irish pub, since that is not an [email protected] that it doesn’t “deal with the plight of willing to “show their arses to anyone many important issues, all revolving option? sex workers” sufficiently, but then call who cares to look.” Scotland must be around the question: Why did Egon Fact #1: The Mona Lisa is not only the director and screenwriter “sorority proud of you Mr Francis. I certainly Bondy shit himself in Havel’s bed? As a painting, it is also a restaurant not Prague über alles girls.” We feel sorry for anyone so haven’t seen as big an arse since an idealist Marxist, was he unable to far from Vaclavske Namesti. This confused between ideas of political Helmut Kohl wore jodhpurs. contain himself, sensing a “withering place I remember “dearly.” However, Ahoj Pill, correctness and hostility towards And Prague is now apparently in away of the state” in that surreal visiting this place could cost you a I can feel the good intentions in “girls” that you cannot relax and enjoy Eastern Europe. Check your atlas, Mr. atmosphere of freedom? Or was the fortune, especially if you happen to Micah Jayne’s recent article “Deaf in such a simply delightful film. Francis. Perhaps you’d like our loutish infantile act a moment of “living in be a polite Swedish person who is One Ear” [Pill #24], but I disagree on We try to feel sorry for the 100 visitors to decamp to other “Eastern truth” which the others failed to notice trying not to disturb any kind of a couple of points. The statement percent “boy” management of the European towns” like Vienna? (perhaps due to their hardened peace. The thing about this restaurant “Prague is stuck in a dope smoking paper, but really, you should be Curious that Mr. Francis has such a digestive systems)? is that they charge for everything, youth culture” sounds too general ashamed. hatred for the English given that they In “The Power of the Powerless” even things that you have not ordered and a little arrogant – almost a Elisabeth Hangar may be the one nation on earth who Havel defines living in truth as a or eaten, like ketchup, soya or bread, provocation. Especially as it is taken Stefan Landers would appreciate his schoolboy “bacteriological weapon” that ferments maybe salt or pepper too. I guess I out of context and printed as a pull- [email protected] humour. We do not need your and grows in the semidarkness, was supposed to have felt some kind quote. Of course, there’s a lot of that patronising drooling, sir. Grow up, get hidden from the gaze of power, until it of gratitude that I went into their type of youth culture, but I’d like to Dear Elisabeth and Stefan, a life, or get laid (according to a “finally surfaces into the light of day as restaurant. I had sort of forgotten remind you of the teahouse culture, Thanks for the spirited little attack. fellow correspondent in Pill #24 there an assortment of shocking surprises about that place because it was over where young people also gather. The answer to your first point is are now sufficient brothels in Prague to the system, usually too late to cover three months ago, but then yesterday There are usually no cigarettes and simply: No, we don’t think legally so that even someone with your them up in the usual fashion.” That is a similar thing happened. no alcohol and people listen to operating brothels represent a dubious grasp of geography should to say, was it something Havel put in Close to the Andel tram station mostly alternative music. I also think “corrupt establishment.” Consensual be able to find one). his special Ružyn gulaš? The answer there is a place called The Penguin on it is unfair to even raise the commercial sex between adults is not Billy Wallace to this disturbing question is unknown Zborovská street. At first I loved it: nice expectation that Prague, as a capital the same as human slavery. Moreover, Scottish Writers Group and Bondy remains secluded in the staff, nice food, not too expensive. of a little and poor country, could the editorial side of this paper has [email protected] countryside, in dignified silence. What Then – boom – the bill came. 100 Kc have the same variety of live music nothing, nada, nic to do with the ad we do know is that Havel has often for service, more money than my as Berlin. Being a musician myself, side. stated that entry into politics is akin to companion paid for his dinner. We and having made a conscious The “paid advertising” above the Havel, dope, Spielberg, etc. a Faustian wager and the price of this asked about it, since he did not have choice of Prague over Berlin, I still peace march was there to distinguish pact (or 1978 meetings) is rarely to pay anything like this last time he think that Prague is quite a good it from editorial content. Clearly the Dear Pill, known until after the fact. ate there. No answer, only some place for live music. brothel ads are paid for, but Picked up issue #24, and Looking back at the “good ol’ words that they did not understand Tomaš Slansky sometimes the writing in our ad wells congratulations to the artist, Marketa days,” when issues were black and what we were talking about. What can Prague (such as the paid-for poetry in Pill Hofmeisterova, for herportrait of Havel. white, to the disappointing realism of I say?! I hate being treated like that, Via post #23) could be mistaken for editorial Congratulations on the letters as well. the present, clearly indicates historical makes me want to say that Czech content, so we tag it to clear up They continue to be an interesting events did not turn out as the Czech people are all about wanting your ambiguity. More than anything, this is part of the paper. underground hoped for. (Note Andrej money even if you are quite close to Whores (Reprise) simply to help the reader understand The Havel interviews with the aging Krob’s evasive response to the being what some people might refer what they are looking at. It’s standard dissidents and the translation of the question: “Was [Havel’s] presidency a to as poor. Pill, practice. Respekt interview provide credibility to success?”) Indeed, if the other Fact # 2: I’ll be brief. I Just want to Your problematic response about the As for the review of The Guru: If the The Pill’s analysis of Havel as he members of the Czech underground tell you about the drilling, the constant prostitution question must be movie were written by men, the writer leaves the presidency of the Czech had known back then what they know repairs or whatever it is. Is it so that addressed [ “Letters,” Pill #24]. You would no doubt have called them “frat Republic. now, the question arises whether or the Czech handymen always use a had an article about whorehouses, boys” instead of “sorority girls.” And The most disappointing article was not they too would have followed hammer to fix the pipes in the wall or and instead of even approaching the anyway, we reserve the right to have Alexander Zaitchik’s column. Mr. Bondy’s prophetic act. Their refusal to use the drill for every purpose? issue of legalised prostitution, you more sympathy for sex workers than Zaitchik is an accomplished writer, comment on this matter, coupled with Because ever since I got here about wrote about it like a Prague beer tour sorority girls. The only “confusion” but his reflexive anti-Americanism is eulogizing Havel as some inimitable four months ago, they have been or fast-food guide. (When the very here is your own need for robotic PC shallow and juvenile. It’s as if he father figure, indicate an insidious drilling. Every morning at eight o’clock adult men at your paper try to see “consistency,” not something to be learned everything he knows about conspiracy to keep all good Czechs in they start without any kind of mercy what it is like to have no choice in life found inside our pages or in this history and political science from a perpetual state of diapers. for the tired people who worked until but to be fucked by 10 smelly fat men messy world of idiocy, resentments, Steven Spielberg. Mr. Zaitchik’s Yolanda Yesterday late the night before. Tough luck to per day, then they will have opinions suffering, contradictions and, yes, recounting of how he got high at the [email protected] have moved into this place just as worth listening to.) Then when LOTS OF HARD-WORKING WHORES. Castle smacks of such youthful they started the secret experiment of someone questions you about your As for The Guru being a “simply solipsism. Rose Merrill, the Berlin driving the tenants insane. I will live, I prostitution advertisements, you just delightful” film, you’re the ones who music critic quoted in “Deaf in One I saw you . . . laugh at the film page guess, but be aware of the handymen, say that if they are “busted,” you will should be ashamed, if not deported Ear,” says of Prague, “It’s very much because I am sure they will pay you a stop running them. What kind of immediately. stuck in the dope-smoking youth Editor, noisy visit when you least expect it. answer is this? Do you go along with culture.” Mr. Zaitchik’s article certainly Thanks for supplying all the free mags Yours truly, anything until it becomes obviously seems so. around town. I think your paper is a Anna Bergström wrong even to the corrupt Scots catfight! Name withheld on request real step up from the old Think [email protected] establishment that you are supposed magazine. You still got that irreverent to be an alternative to? Dear Pill, vibe going with just the right tongue-in- About advertisements, right on the How nice to be reminded that the right cheek attitude. Sure, your movie Dean Reed: remembered! other side of the page, you have a to free speech sometimes means reviewers are alienating themselves large advert for a “Walk for Peace,” and listening to the inane drivel of the In case you didn’t notice the with almost everyone (including a gent Dear Editor, above it you have “paid advertising.” paranoid delusional. I refer to the e–mail address at the top of the who works with me and defended Thanks for John Caulkins’ article on Why are you distancing yourself from a puerile offering on hooligan tourists page, here it is: [email protected]. Bend it Like Beckham) but they seem Dean Reed [“Red Elvis,” Pill #23]. As peace demonstration and not from the from Liam Francis in Pill #24 to be entertaining the rest of us. At a connoisseur of late-Soviet-era whorehouses? Why don’t you put this [“Letters”] where 20-year-old national least for two or three paragraphs. kitsch, I was long aware of this Cold I want to know if you could put this War bit-part player, but finding any in the “I saw you” section, and it’s not sort of reliable information on him meant to be a means of embarrassing was difficult. I caught tantalizing the guy I’m talking about. I just want to glimpses of Reed while studying in say something: To the Eagles fan with the USSR in the late 1980s. In blond hair, McNabb jersey and a cast particular, I remember seeing a on his left arm, thanks for doing the picture of “Din Rid” (wearing a runner on the 500 Kč bet we made at Russian fur hat) pinned to the bulletin the Eagles – Bucs game. Real noble board of a Kiev elementary school, of you. Philly fan epitomized? together with other Soviet icons. Cheers, Caulkins, however, leaves Leslie Ryan unanswered the question of Reed’s [email protected] quality (or lack thereof) as a performer. In the USSR, his popularity was mostly confined to kids, and was About flats and food mainly “top-down” anyway: The authorities were so glad to have Hi, anyone defect to their side that Reed There are two things that started the could count on guaranteed support chain of emotions that led me to send from them. But really, guys, this made this letter to the Pill, even though Reed the Kim Philby of pop music. these are just small irritating facts of The Soviets were also pleased that he the prague pill February 6—20, 2003 5

ìEvery voice against the war is a great thing. Eeven if they are Communists.î —Anti-war protest organizer Arie Farnam, on the participation of cITY BeaT Communists in next week’s demonstration.

ìThis case,î he said of Zupkovaís ative wings a bit and win coveted Bad Taste complaint, ìis uncommon. The international advertising prizes. The University of Hradec Kr·lovÈ refusal was completely open and is Basil Mina of the firm Leo needed cafeteria staff. Marcela Zup- even written on paper.î Burnett helped direct the creation kov· needed a job. But the 30-year-old of a series of spec (read: free) adver- mother of three claims that when she tisements for the museum, many of applied, she was told she lacked a key Fighting the War which have graced these pages. qualification: the right ethnicity. Theyíll be marching in Mexico City After Leo Burnett took home a prize Zupkova says she was shown the and Chicago, marching in Amster- at last summerís European ad festi- door by Eva Panochov·, head of dam and San Diego, and theyíll be val, EuroRSCG jumped in with Akyma, the company that runs the marching in Prague on February 15 posters starring a Russian nesting cafeteria. The reason? ìRomsk˝ as part of the International Action doll sporting fangs and the adorable p˘vod,î Panochov· wrote in a certifi- Day to protest the seemingly immi- bear mascot of the 1980 Moscow cate filed with the Hradec Kr·lovÈ nent war in Iraq. Olympics toting a Kalashnikov. employment office, which had Organized by the Czech group ìResults were immediate. People referred Zupkov· to the university ñ Initiative Against War in conjunc- really responded well to these ads,î ìRomany origin.î tion with several other native and Spicker said of the poster campaign ìMs. Panochov· told me that she expat activists, the Prague event is launched last month, primarily on the didnít want gypsies in her workplace, scheduled to start at 1:30 p.m. in walls of Metro stations. But the images and that she has experiences with N·mÏstÌ Jana Palacha. After an hour didnít sit well with Pragueís sizable them,î Zupkov· told MF Dnes. ìI con- of music and speeches, including an Russian population ñ or the folks back fronted her, I told her that she does- address by Czech author and in the mother country, once they nít know me and that she should give philosopher Erazim Koh·k, protest- found out. A Moscow television me at least a chance in order to show ers will march to the Czech govern- reporter arranged to do an interview that I am not like the rest. She wasnít ment offices at the Vl·Ôa, then to with the American cowboy capitalist, convinced.î the U.S. Embassy and back across and it quickly turned messy, as Spicker Panochova defended her decision the river to StaromÏstskÈ n·mÏstÌ. fielded questions from the enraged to a Hradec Kr·lovÈ newspaper: ìI Arie Farnam, an American activist artist who had created the Olympic donít have anything against Roma- (and Pill contributor) who is working bear. Turns out, according to Spicker, nies, but how does it look to cus- with Initiative Against War on the that EuroRSCG had not obtained per- tomers if a Romany serves them February 15 protest, says the route mission to doctor the image. Perhaps food?î was chosen to highlight planned This caught the attention of ìCzech participation in any attack in Respektís Tom·ö NÏmeËek, who asked Iraq.î Parliament and Prime Minister rhetorically in a column on the mat- VladimÌr äpidlaís administration ter whether university rector Jaro- have approved deploying a Czech slava Mikuleck· or any professors and anti-chemical weapons unit to Iraq in students would care to explain how a a United Nations-backed war. Roma would ruin the taste of food. Also joining the international NÏmeËek also had some advice for action is the Communist Party of the director of the Hradec Kr·lovÈ Bohemia and Morava (KS»M), employment office, who said on tele- which will hold a rally at Vaclavske vision that ìwe have to first document Namesti from 3 to 4 p.m. Party Vice everything efficientlyî to proceed Chairman Vlastimil BalÌk said the with Zupkov·ís complaint. event is not specific to Iraq but will be ìWhat is it that he has still to doc- a general anti-war protest. There are ument?î Nemecek wrote. ìRacist also plans for the KS»M crowd to motivation stands black and white march to the U.S. Embassy. on that office document.î Farnam says she isnít concerned Zupkovaís case is far from unique ñ about competing rallies dividing more to the point, the artist contin- ìjust the tip of iceberg,î Jan Jarab, the protest ranks. ìEvery voice against ued, the berifled bear is ìoffensive to top federal official for human-rights the war is a great thing,î she said, the peaceful Russian nation.î issues, told Dnes. While employment ìeven if they are Communists.î Spicker said his contract with discrimination is illegal in the Czech EuroRSCG protects him from liabil- Republic, Jarab said, securing a crimi- ity should the copyright issue end nal conviction is difficult, requiring The Right to Arm Bears up in court. ìWeíve had a very open, proof of specific intent to deprive Glenn Spicker is a lucky man, by positive relationship, and the agency someone of their rights. Often, he most accounts. His Museum of assured me [the rights] wouldnít be said, an employer will agree to meet Communism, which has just cele- a problem,î he said. EuroRSCG offi- an applicant, ìthen when they get brated its first year of chronicling cials did not return calls for com- through the door, the employer says the great workersí experiment, ment. the position has suddenly become quickly attracted the attention of occupied. . . . It is very difficult to Pragueís fledgling but respected demonstrate this kind of discrimina- advertising community. Directors tionî in court, he said. saw it as a chance to spread their cre- Compiled by William Hollister and staff City Shot “Peace Square” by Marek Tomin

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anaLYsIs This Bird Has Flown A farewell to hearts and doves. By Marek Tomin

sands of US and British troops headed for the Gulf, TvrdÌk visited the Czech contingent in Kuwait and offered the troops the chance to return home pre- maturely ìif they donít feel up to the mission.î In typical ävejk fashion, 27 soldiers decided to take up his offer. ìI have enormous respect for my sol- diers,î TvrdÌk said. ìIf some of them temporarily lost the ability to perform the function of military professionals in combat, then itís right for me to withdraw them. They can have time to rest and solve any problems they might have and in time theyíll be capable of fulfilling their task.î

n the last day of January it was time to turn off the neon heart Othatís been adorning the Castle since November 17th of last year. All we are saying . . . About an hour and a half before the official lights-out ceremony and party, s UN inspectors continue to decisions that donít need to have the Czech Greenpeace activists climbed scour Iraq for weapons of mass support of society at large. For me the scaffolding and unfurled a banner Adestruction and the nations of itís important that they have the with the word ìWAR?î in the middle the world brace themselves for an backing of those that have access to of the heart. increasingly likely Gulf War II, the information,î he told LidovÈ Noviny. The banner, the last of a series of Czech Republic prepares to play its ìSeeing that within NATO the impromptu embellishments to Ji¯Ì part without a president. Czech Republic specializes in protec- Davidís provocative work, was direct- Amidst the sound of the drums of tion against weapons of mass destruc- ly inspired by the Times letter. war, V·clav Havel came up with a tion, it would be considered a ges- Greenpeace stated that it wanted to grand theatrical finale to his presi- ture of extreme selfishness for us to ìinform the president that it finds his dency. Four days prior to the end of refuse to take part,î TvrdÌk said. support for the letter in strong con- his term in office, he signed an open ìThe trigger mechanism for us is tradiction with his principlesî and letter published in the London Times called on him ìnot to switch off his in support of the US position on Iraq. own heart.î Though largely symbolic and rhetori- ìV·clav Havel has always been sup- cal, the letter, instigated by the prime portive of us and we feel sorry that he ministers of Britain and Spain, is not ended his excellent career with such a without meaning: It is a dose of pro- Parliament has approved move,î said Ji¯Ì Tutter, head of Czech US propaganda designed to boost Greenpeace. In another touch of the transatlantic relations and head off a resolution authorising absurd, Castle officials unplugged the the reticence of two of Europeís the deployment of heart about half an hour into the biggest players, France and Germany. protest, only to turn it on once again French officials commented that the additional troops to an hour later so that it could then be letter was no surprise and that ìit con- switched off officially. tains many things that France could strengthen the Czech The previous day, Dagmar Havlov· sign.î anti-chemical unit had prepared a huge farewell party Still, Havel could have easily for her husband in N·rodnÌ divadlo. spared himself the gesture. currently stationed in The monumental three-hour pro- The outgoing Czech president Kuwait. gramme, which included communist wasnít even part of the letterís con- pop icons such as Karel Gott and ception. The Times asked Britainís Helena Vondr·Ëkov·, was a far cry Tony Blair and Spainís JosÈ MarÌa from the farewell the underground Aznar to write a commentary on the gave the president late last year. Iraq crisis. The Spanish premier Though invited by the first lady, came up with the idea of an open let- whether Saddam does or does not underground folk singers Vlastimil ter, suggesting it be put before the stick to the final [UN] resolution. T¯eöÚ·k and Jaroslav Hutka refused prime ministers of other like-minded Thatís a position somewhere to perform at yet another velvet rec- European countries. It was sent to between the US, on one side, and onciliation bash. D·öa surprised Vaöek Italy, Portugal, Holland, Denmark, France and Germany on the other.î with pre-recorded video messages by, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Both chambers of Parliament have to name a few, George Bush I and II, Republic ñ but deliberately not to approved a government resolution Sean Connery, Madeleine Albright France or Germany. Eight countries authorizing the deployment of addi- and Kofi Annan. There were no mes- eventually signed. tional Czech troops to strengthen the sages from Mick Jagger or Lou Reed. According to the Czech Foreign anti-chemical unit currently stationed Amidst emotional scenes at Minister Cyril Svoboda, two versions in Kuwait. The 400-strong elite unit Ruûyne Airport on the January 31st, of the letter were written. Svoboda felt will only be directly involved in com- as 70 elite troops boarded a Tu-154 the first was too hard-line to merit military aircraft, De- Czech backing and said so to VladimÌr fense Minister TvrdÌk äpidla, the prime minister. Apparently noted that ìit was a mil- there wasnít sufficient time to discuss itary farewell. In many and consult on the softer second ways I would feel better draft. The Czechs, unlike the if I was going with Hungarians made no effort amend them.î the letter. äpidla maintains that when Given the fact that no the letter landed on his table, he presidential candidate refused to sign simply because foreign has yet been found to policy is made through official deci- suit all the political fac- sions ñ such as the Czech Parliamentís tions in Parliament, and statement on the Iraq crisis ñ and not MPs are quite likely to newspaper articles. pass an act introducing After äpidla passed the buck, the direct elections, the hot potato landed in Havelís lap when . . . you know the rest. Czech Republic may be he was in Bratislava. After consulting without a president for Prague, Havel decided to sign. ìThe bat if the US strike has the backing of some time. Until then, Prime president signed on his own authori- the UN Security Council; otherwise it Minister äpidla will be the temporary ty. Itís his decision,î Svoboda said. will play a supporting role, carrying supreme leader of the armed forces Despite opinion polls showing out humanitarian and emergency-aid of the Czech Republic. Only time will that two-thirds of Czechs are against missions. The unit played an impor- tell whether the Czech Republic, a war in Iraq, the Czech cabinet and tant role during the first Gulf War, headed by äpidla in tandem with the Parliament are united in supporting though it also provided evidence that gung-ho TvrdÌk, will play the role of involvement in the conflict. Though US troops had been exposed to dan- hawk or dove in the current crisis. a Social Democrat, Czech Defense gerous chemicals that may have been Minister Jaroslav TvrdÌk is decidedly partly responsible for the Gulf War hawkish in his approach to dealing Syndrome. with Saddam Hussein. ìThere are Earlier in January, as tens of thou- Marek Tomin is at [email protected] the prague pill February 6—20, 2003 7

sYnDIcaTe THIs How to Lose Friends and Kill People Can an oil war be moral? By Alexander Zaitchik

ím lucky. Iíve never experienced a tion to secure supplies. It referred to The next time a hawk tells you this bomb blast. The closest Iíve come oil as a ìsecurity imperativeî and pro- war will be good for the Iraqi people, Iwas one of those vivid dreams jected a period of exploding US ener- tell them youíll see them in hell. where you think youíre about to die gy prices, economic recession and Soundtrack available at record stores and youíre terrified. Then you wake social unrest unless answers are throughout Baghdad. up to a racing heart and a purple found. With a tone of urgency, it pre-dawn calm. urged the Bush Administration to The terror of real bombs is easy admit ìthese agonizing truths to the enough to imagine, and in this season American people.î Čau for now of war, itís our duty to do so. Ceilings But admitting these truths to the collapse, everyone screams, the American people would be problem- A personal note. Iíve taken an edit- ground shakes. The chemical winds atic. People might start to question ing post at an alternative newspaper burn. Blindness cracked by fire flash- our dependence on such a limited, in New York, and starting next issue, es and ear-splitting booms. Every sec- unstable energy source. Who knows, I will be on indefinite hiatus from ond an eternity. The bombs finally they might not think oil justified mass The Prague Pill. I donít know when Iíll stop ñ but for how long? People are slaughter. They might even question rejoin this paper, but I love this town, missing. Bloody torsos lay silent. The our profligate energy use, as they did and Iíll probably be back. wailing that rises up with the dust and in the 1970s, under Jimmy Carterís For now, some public thanks. the smoke is the original soundtrack brave and wise attempt to wean the Micah Jayne. This newspaper was to hell on earth. country off foreign oil. Micahís idea. He alone wasnít scared Also imaginable is the distant post- Rather than starting a discussion by the multitudinous technical, bomb chatter in Washington and on these key issues, and rather than financial and logistical difficulties London, Warsaw and Prague. In these emulate Carterís ìProject Indepen- involved in starting a paper from civilized cities, men who slept the pre- denceî (which sought to reduce US scratch. I was ready to scrap by as a vious night under crisp sheets will dis- oil dependency through conserva- Prague-based freelancer, but Micah cuss regrettable losses and unfortu- tion and renewable sources of insisted this was possible. He was nate necessities. As the second wave of power), the Bush crew has gunned right, but largely because of his cre- cruise missiles rains down on mothers for a short-sighted, destructive and ativity and hard work. In many ways, clutching children in Baghdad base- deeply immoral path. Instead of cur- Micah has been the Hercules hold- ments, the spokespeople will calmly tailing consumption and pumping ing up this globe for more than a assure angry publics that all precau- money into research for alternative year. He manages a thousand aspects tions are being taken to spare inno- energy technology, theyíre plunging of this organization that no one else cent lives. Many thousands will perish, the world into war, with potentially has the brains, patience or ability to of course, but the bombs are smart, dire consequences for both interna- handle. His byline hasnít appeared the bombers kind. In any case, they tional order and the Iraqi people. as many times as he or I would have will say, Saddam Hussein is the one The idea that Iraqis are going to liked ñ nor will it in the future ñ but who bears ultimate responsibility. throw a welcome party for US/UK his presence is behind every word. How exactly Saddam caused the troops is a sick joke and an obscene Much respect. bombs to fall on his own country ñ expression of criminal vanity. Before Production Director Filip Bezdek this we all know. ìDespite extensive the Gulf War, Iraq had one of the best has been with the Pill since issue #1, cooperation with UN arms inspec- education systems in the Arab world, when we brought him in last-minute tors, Saddam Hussein is hiding stores advanced health care and a per capita to perform an emergency design of illegal deadly weapons, and there- GNP of more than $3,000. After 10 operation on Micahís kitchen table. fore must be toppled, even if it years of sanctions and low-intensity, Without his peculiar, vegetable-hating means shooting thousands of mis- this number is now $500, with high brilliance, the Pill might never have siles around the dwellings of his poor rates of children dying from curable lifted off so fast, and it would certainly and battered subjects, who will wel- diseases like typhus and diarrhea. be a lot harder to look at. Filip is a come foreign troops as liberators.î Once a prosperous Middle Eastern jovial mad genius, and I recommend All together now . . . state, Iraq is now one of the poorest stopping by the office just to meet Put any song on repeat for long countries in the world. him, although please not on produc- enough and people will eventually There is precious little historical tion days. start humming. Although this popular evidence that the United States is John Caulkins is a great guy and tune denies logic (inspections are going to suddenly start caring about simply the best publisher in the world. working, Iraq is totally hamstrung) Iraq once it gains control over its Without his vision, patience and faith, and the facts (no weapons have been oil. Crucially, even before the US there would be no Prague Pill. found) the official lies have swayed has a chance to show its true inten- Efka Hadrova has been with us public opinion in more than one tions, it will have killed many inno- since we moved into our first tiny country. But the cover has frayed cent people. office, and helped build the business badly, and even most hawks now admit side of the Pill. She parties almost as the obvious: this is a straight-up hard as she works, and god bless her. resource war, for oil. Barabora Zebrowska has carried Pessimists who warned that the 21st out financial duties with admirable century would be a century of meticulousness, and is destined to be resource wars ñ for energy, for water, Pessimists who warned a great theater critic. She also helps for fertile land ñ look scarily prescient keep Micah sane as he juggles 20 ten- as the US digs in around Iraqís mighty that the 21st century nis balls. oil reserves. (Ironically, the US is now would be a century of Barbor· Hor·Ëkov· is no longer doing the same thing Iraq did in 1990, with the paper, but if sheís reading thus triggering the first Gulf War.) resource wars look this, I want her to know how deeply The Bush administration is chock- ominously prescient as her early support and work are full of veteran oil industry heavy- appreciated. With a fax in our Karlin weights, all well-versed in global ener- the US digs in around studio, she single-handedly got the gy trends. They all know the world is Iraq’s mighty oil reserves. paperís listings off the ground. I wish about to enter the downside of global her nothing but happiness. oil production. They know US depen- A warm shout-out to Vincent dence on foreign oil will rise to as Farnsworth and Gwendolyn Albert, much as 70 percent in coming years. two ex-Pill staffers from the bad old They know Iraq sits on the worldís sec- A report titled ìCollateral Damage,î days. I remember our copy-editing ond-largest untapped oil fields. For issued last November by the Inter- dinners fondly. them, this war is about staking out national Physicians for the Prevention Big kisses for Adrienne Claire valuable turf prior to the chaos likely of Nuclear War, estimates the total Ammerman. For all the right reasons. to accompany the looming era of ìper- possible deaths on all sides during the Thanks to all the writers Iíve manent oil shock.î war and immediate aftermath to be worked with over the past year, and all This isnít a conspiracy theory or a between 48,000 and 260,000. The of the readers Iíve met in bars and on science-fiction scenario. One of the organization, which won the Nobel our letters page. first things the Bush team did in office Peace Prize in 1985, says subsequent The new editorial team here at Pill was commission a report on energy deaths from post-war epidemics and HQ is funny, talented and capable, security. Prepared by the Council on the collapse of already damaged infra- and Prague is lucky to have them. Foreign Relations and the James A. structure could reach 200,000. If OK. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, nuclear weapons are used, the death the resulting paper documented the toll could near 4 million. In all of decline of oil production and men- these scenarios, the majority of casual- tioned the need for military interven- ties will be civilians. Alexander Zaitchik is now at [email protected] 8 November 29—December 12, , 2002 the prague pill Feature Infernal Combustion

Six local revolutionaries envision a world without cars. By Alexander Zaitchik

nce upon a more innocent time, everybody loved cars. They were Omodern democratic marvels: compressors of space and time that meant freedom and status the way unfiltered Luckies meant flavor and health. Tram tracks were ripped up per orders of General Motors and car culture was institutionalized in the name of progress ñ street by street ñ from Pasadena to Paris. As long as the Model-T got within reach of the little guy, nobody cared. The few crotchety intellectuals rant- ing on the sidelines went unheard by a public that had the radio up and the windows down until well past mid-century. In the 1960s, the carís image finally started to sputter. The ranks of social critics targeting the automobile grew, and public debates sparked wherever the car had transformed life in its image. Smog blankets, traffic stress, industrial levels of violent death on the highways, the withering of down- town business districts and communi- ty life generally ñ all were attacked as the insidious shadow of King Car. to stopping the onward march of car Northern California in the ë80s and departments bending over backward flacks would dread debating these Today, those early counterculture culture around the world. In a has since built a long war-record of to accommodate the car. On Legerova guys. Every member of the Car catcalls sound quaint. The most urgent cramped, flyer-filled office near the international activism and journal- you have to jump over a three-foot Busters collective is battle-hardened and damning critique of the car is now Straönicka metro station in Prague 10, ism, including work with the Alliance metal barricade just to cross the street. and can attack car culture on multi- made by evidence of encroaching cli- their staff of six quietly burn through for Paving Moratorium and regular What kind of public life can grow in a ple fronts with expertise. They all mate change caused by the worldís a slew of ongoing projects. They crank contributions to Auto Free Times and place like that? [And] when people are have deep experience organizing massive, growing and continuously out a quarterly magazine and a Adbusters, for which he was European isolated in speeding metal boxes and events in conference centers and on polluting fleet of vehicles. More than monthly bulletin, help co-ordinate correspondent. In 1997 he attended living in dreary neighborhoods emp- the streets. All are dead serious just a ìquality of lifeî issue, questioning anti-car actions worldwide, and main- Car Bustersí founding conference at about ending the Auto Age. car culture has become part of human- tain a website (www.carbusters.org) Lyon and stayed on. In 2000, he Thirty-four-year-old Jason Kirk- ityís fight for survival. featuring a multilingual resource cen- helped the organization set up shop patrick is a former city councilman In 2003, criticizing cars is an article ter and a contact directory for activists in Prague, where cheap rent and low from the progressive city of Arcata, of faith across the green-left spectrum, and policy makers. printing costs facilitate its work with California, and a star organizer from Greenpeace to Reclaim the The English-language magazine activists in Central and Eastern brought in to handle Car Bustersí Streets. But the group with the most currently has a circulation of 3,000, Europe. They all have deep third biannual ìToward Car-Free laser-like focus on ìautomobilityî is with a Czech version in the works. The Ask the soft-spoken Ghent what he experience organizing Citiesî conference, to be held in the local one with the funny name: latest issue features articles on the has against cars and heíll take a Prague next month. Seventy-five inter- Car Busters, a busy little Prague-based physical health effects of drive-thru breath before warning that the sub- events in conference national activists representing trans- outfit with a single-minded dedication culture and a round-up of Car-Free ject is bigger than a sound bite. A lot centers and on the portation campaign groups in Europe City days on four continents, bigger, in fact. plan to attend, with four events open together with the usual car- ìCars are the largest source of pol- streets. All are dead to the public. toons and scalding gallows lution and environmental destruction serious about ending the Like Ghent, Kirkpatrick is a walk- humor found in the justifiably in the world. Almost half of all petro- ing PR machine for the car-free cause. worried world of environmen- leum is consumed by cars ñ a major Auto Age. Stats and studies fly from his mouth tal activism. impetus for the looming war in Iraq. like sparks off a Benz in a chop shop. In its six years of life, Car Half of the toxic air pollution, a third Give him a minute and heíll explain Busters has employed French, of the smog and at least a third of all why car-free cities are better for small Romanian, Finnish, Cana- greenhouse gasses are [also] pro- businesses. Give him two and heíll tell dian, German and Australian duced by cars.î tied of places worth visiting, they end you why theyíre better for everything activists. The current staff Less discussed, Ghent says, is the up alienated, stressed and depressed, from the common cold to the local includes two Brits, two Czechs automobileís role in deforming the lacking a sense of community or a water table. and two Americans. urban environment, replacing ìhigh- sense of place. Their social support ìIf you have to walk down a street, Fittingly, the two Yanks are quality pedestrian habitatî with cold network has failed them, because it youíre likely to go to two or three from California, in many ways and dangerous speed corridors. canít co-exist with an environment stores,î he says. ìBut get out of your car cultureís ground zero. It Illustrating this point, Ghent com- built for and around automobiles.î car and youíll shop at just one. The was in the American West that pares the charming maze of medieval Here in the Czech Republic, amount of retail space a city loses to freeways, roadside diners and streets, passages, marketplaces and Ghent says, you can see the effects parking spaces is enormous, and jobs towns centered around inter- public squares in Old Town to the rel- everywhere. and revenue are lost. This is a gigantic sections first bloomed. This is ative emptiness of Legerova near I.P. ìAll of these little villages that used economic impact. In wealthy the world Randy Ghent grew Pavlova or Olöanska in éiûkov. to be one-street villages now have this Amsterdam, 29 percent of trips are by up in, and heís already spent ìTraditionally streets and public thoroughfare. If you look at a lot of bicycle, the highest among big cities in half his life trying to change space in general were just as much for old pictures of cities, you see how they Europe.î it. social interaction as movement, and were more about community life and Ghent politely interrupts to men- The 30-year-old Ghent is a space devoted purely to movement was less for movement. There was less tion a recent study of 30 German veteran activist and Car considered wasted and kept to a mini- alienation and loneliness. Just by towns. It seems that those with the Bustersí last remaining mum, like hallways in homes. There going out of your front door you most pedestrian zones have lower founding member. He first wasnít this singular obsession with get- could have spontaneous exchanges unemployment and a bigger tax base. The latest issue of Car Busters magazine argues that driving entered green politics fight- ting elsewhere as fast as possible, which with people.î Car Busters is funded by its mem- is bad for your health. ing to save the redwoods in has been reinforced by planning Even the slickest auto-industry bers, subscribers and a hodgepodge the prague pill February 6—20, 2003 9

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Busting makes them feel good: Prague’s anti-auto crusaders show off some of their handiwork. of grants. The upcoming Prague con- They also know that the real chal- replacing the cars that exist it would ference is partially underwritten by lenge isnít even in the West. The be one thing, but thatís not whatís the EU, the Council of Europe and a number of cars in the developing happening,î says Ghent. ìAnd of sprinkling of Rockefeller crumbs. world is exploding, and convincing course, clean cars do nothing to Like any ragtag NGO, Car Bustersí planners in those countries that the address the worsening quality of the cash situation is rarely stable for long. Western model is costly and destruc- urban environment or the continu- ìWe used to get money from the tive is a Car Busters priority. Although ing carnage on the roads ñ thatís Foundation for Deep Ecology,î says most of their contacts and projects over 1 million people killed and 10 Ghent. ìBut their priorities changed involve the West, all of their work is million injured every year. More than and now theyíre buying forests in done with an eye toward influencing twice as many people have died since Chile.î global developments. 1900 in US car collisions as have Finding money is complicated by According to Kirkpatrick and been killed in all the wars in US his- the admittedly radical nature of the Ghent, gleams of hope are breaking tory. In the global South, the figures Car Busters platform, but Ghent says through the smog in poor countries, are even more alarming.î the frankness and range of the and both tell stories of working with Here in Europe, contradictory groupís voice is what makes it so transport officials around the devel- trends abound, with green shoots important as a clearinghouse for oping world, especially in Asia, sprouting amidst galaxies of freshly ideas and exchange between activists. where mega-cities of tens of millions laid asphalt. ìWe have the luxury of being radi- of people make the US model a sui- ì[Europe] is moving simultaneous- Virus Video cal and provocative since we arenít cidal impossibility. ly in both directions,î says Ghent. involved directly in politics,î he says. ìThere will be more roads, more cars, ìIn fact, thatís a large part of our a lot of [suburban] development. appeal. People feel weíre like a breath Here in the Czech Republic, EU of fresh air because we donít temper membership will mean reduced pol- our language to please those in power. lution [from some sources], but also This is why our website has over 300 “In the Czech Republic, highways everywhere at the expense hits a day while larger, institutional- of trains, which seem destined for fur- ized groups ñ which tend to bore peo- EU membership will ther cutbacks and perhaps privatiza- ple with meaningless buzzwords like tion, which is now destroying whatís ësustainable mobilityí ñ have a hard mean reduced pollution left of Britainís passenger rail system. time building a grass-roots following.î [from some sources], ìTailpipe emissions per vehicle In a political atmosphere where will improve, but even these gains environmental activism is sometimes but also highways may be cancelled out by rising car equated with terrorism, isnít the everywhere at the ownership.î image of ìcar bustingî a little . . . vio- In the face of this avalanche of lent? expense of trains.” exhaust, what does Car Busters have ìWe expect ëCar Bustersí to be planned for the future? Prague’s unofficial film school taken more figuratively than literal- ìWe want to decentralize the orga- Virus Video, Templová 8 (next to Marquis de Sade). Tel.: 0607 508 933 ly,î says Ghent. ìWe raise radical nization,î Ghent says. ìIn next questions and advocate a full range monthís conference we want to get to of effective nonviolent tactics, but we Richard Lane, a 24-year-old Car the point where more people can do donít actually go around telling peo- Buster from Sussex, England, stresses things independent of Car Busters. ple to smash cars aside from their that news from poorer countries is We work with a lot of international own. And an old car can be convert- more mixed than people think. groups and individuals, from groups ed into a nice big artsy flower ìMore Third World planners are com- like Car-Free Russia and Road Alert planter, so thereís no need to let our ing over [to Europe] to watch and get UK to others like Institute for aggressive sides take over.î involved in car-free days,î he says. Transportation and Development In other words, they arenít tied to ìWe always hear about the new Policy, based in New York City. People al-Qaeda. In fact, Car Busters pub- highways and the KFC drive-thrus. give us info and we pass it on through licly denied responsibility for the There are the stories that in Jakarta our magazine and bulletin, but we December sinking of 3,000 luxury theyíre seizing rickshaws and throw- want to develop a stronger network of BMWs, Volvos and Saabs in the ing them away, which is true, but itís groups around the world.î English Channel. As a cheeky public- also true that itís the past mayor of For now, Pragueís Car Busters ity stunt, they plan to repeat the Bogot· [Colombia] that has given us know that the worldís car popula- proclamation whenever natural dis- the best model for the developing tion, already over 500 million, grows asters end up destroying large num- world by making Bogot·ís car-free the every day. They know the major car bers of automobiles. biggest in the world, coupled with an makers are building bigger and Despite the caustic cartoons and ambitious long-term [plan] to chase more wasteful cars and that millions attempt to stigmatize car owners by the car out of this city of 6 million. of people still want to buy them. establishing Autoholics Anonymous Heís currently in West Africa talking When asked if they have any hope chapters around the world (one of to local officials. Once you have one against hope, Ghent volunteers the the groupís latest side projects), good model, it can really take off sober observation that things will get Pragueís Car Busters are hard-core exponentially.î worse before they get better. realists, working for incremental Car Busters doesnít put much ìOf course,î he says, ìthey are change as they push radical ideas hope in the cleaner cars now being always doing both.î ahead of the inevitable policy lag. introduced in the West, such as Pillorying fat people in the West who hyper-efficient ìsmartî cars and drive SUVs isnít going to save the hybrid-fuel models. world, and they know that. ìIf these [cleaner] cars were Alexander Zaitchik is at [email protected]

(Critical Mass bike ride) leaves from Car-Free Cities III March 17th – 22nd Jiřího z Poděbrad at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 20th This week-long conference will bring (co-author of New City Spaces and (http://jizdy.cyklopraha.cz). together people from across Europe Public Spaces – Public Life). Food On Friday, March 21th at 7:30 and beyond who are actively promot- and presentations are from noon until p.m. is the Car Busters Spring ing alternatives to car dependence and 5 p.m. Books (in Czech and English) Equinox Benefit Concert/Closing car culture. Locals are invited on will be available for signings. A Party, in Malá Strana below the Tuesday, March 18th, to hear interna- Transport Activism Video Night will take Prague Castle at historic Baráčnická tional speakers at Kino Aero, place at 9 p.m. on Wednesday, March Rychta, featuring the lively Původní Prague 3. Featured presenters include 19th at Toulcuv Dvůr Ekologické Bureš (CZ) and special guests. J. H. Crawford (author of Carfree Centrum, hosted by Car Busters and More information can be found at Cities, editor of Carfree.com), John the Czech Indymedia Centre http://www.carbusters.org/confer- Whitelegg (editor of World Transport (http://prague.indymedia.org/). ence, or by phoning 274-810-849. Policy & Practice), and Lars Gemzoe The regular monthly Cyclojízda 10 February 6—20, 2003 the prague pill

FILm Manchester United The snorts, sounds and scum of Factory Records’ heydey. Review by Sam Beckwith

spare time Wilson starts Factory as a crier when he learns that his star has club night to showcase local bands hung himself. Though shaken, he then graduates to releasing records. persuades the town crier to spread Wilsonís unlikely double life ñ TV the news of Curtisís death, and incor- personality by day, rock impresario by porates this into his report. Itís a taste- night ñ is used to good comic effect. less, even exploitative gesture, but an When heís not building his music oddly moving one. empire, Wilson earns his living report- Strangely, the reinvention of Joy ing on the likes of sheep-herding geese Division as revolutionary electron- and geriatric canal workers. Eventually, ic/dance band New Order following of course, the two worlds collide and Curtisís death gets short shrift in 24- things get messy ñ and painfully funny, Hour Party People, despite being one as when a coked-up Wilson tries to of the most musically significant make pre-interview small talk with a chapters of the Factory saga. stuffy government minister. Instead, Winterbottom fast-forwards The light tone is surprisingly effec- to the Ecstasy-fuelled ìMadchesterî tive when it comes to the filmís most scene of the late 1980s, when saddening subplot, the tale of seminal Factoryís Hacienda club became a Factory band Joy Division. Lead dance music Mecca and guitar singer/writer Ian Curtis, whose songs bands such as Happy Mondays and The Stone Roses made it into the mainstream with a distinctive mix of indie rock and dance beats. The 40- something Wilson ultimately For all its winking became an unlikely spokesman for the rave generation. warnings that much of As Factoryís ambitions grow, what we are seeing is though, so do the losses, leaving the company increasingly dependent on exaggerated or simply Happy Mondays just as Happy One eight-ball, please: Tony Wilson (Steve Coogan) takes a break from breaking the Manchester scene. Mondays become increasingly depen- made up, 24-Hour Party dent on hard drugs. (The band 24-Hour Party People response, Wilson quotes famed film and a heavy dose of heartbreak. That People captures the feel spends the money that Wilson sends director John Ford to the effect that it works is mainly due to a well-judged them on crack.) Ultimately, Factory Directed by Michael Winterbottom of the scene’s wildest Written by Frank Cottrell Boyce given a choice between fact and leg- performance by comedian Coogan, falls apart, victimized by the same dis- end, heíll always choose legend. who plays Wilson as a posturing but regard for standard music-biz proce- Starring Steve Coogan, Shirley years. This pomo playfulness is both typi- likable buffoon. In Cooganís hands dure that made the label unique: Henderson, Paddy Considine cal of 24-Hour Party People and true to (with help from screenwriter Frank Bands were given complete creative the spirit of its subject, the relentlessly Cottrall Boyce), Wilsonís all-too control, half the revenues, and hand- arly in 24-Hour Party People, self-mythologizing Manchester music human frailties constantly undercut shake agreements that allowed them Factory Records boss Tony scene of the 1980s. Creating legend his pretensions. Between quoting of alienation and heartbreak helped to walk away at any time. EWilson (Steve Coogan) finds his out of fact was Manchester music-mak- obscure philosophers and expound- define Brit postpunk, hung himself When the money ran out, most of wife having sex with The Buzzcocksí ersí way of circumventing the wealth ing on his grand schemes, he worries just before Joy Divisionís first U.S. them did, and Factoryís attempt to Steve Shelley in a nightclub toilet. Itís and power of Londonís cultural domi- about the size of his hips. tour. Boyce and director Michael challenge the British music sceneís not a shock; Wilson has already nance, and no one self-mythologized A Cambridge graduate schooled in Winterbottom resist the temptation status quo ended in failure. Despite warned us, in an aside to the camera, more energetically than Wilson. For all situationist and postmodern theory, to turn Curtis (Sean Harris, suitably the unhappy ending, 24-Hour Party that this is going to happen. its winking warnings that much of what Wilson returns to Manchester in the frail and intense) into a tragic rock People is an effective reminder of the What comes next is a surprise: we are seeing is exaggerated or simply mid-70s to work in local television but cliche. Taking its cue from Curtisí ambition and idealism of a record Coogan-as-Wilson introduces the real made-up, 24-Hour Party People captures finds himself inspired by punkís DIY ambiguous suicide note (ìAt this very label that lived fast, died young, and Howard Devoto, bandmate of the the feel of the sceneís wildest years. ethic. (The movieís thematic if not lit- moment I just wish I were dead.î), the left a great soundtrack. real Shelley in the real Buzzcocks. Interestingly, the film chooses to eral starting point is a famed pair of film offers no easy explanation why Devoto interrupts this purported retell the rise and fall of Wilsonís mav- 1976 Sex Pistols shows in Manchester the 23-year-old killed himself, eschew- account of the real lives of real peo- erick indie label as a broad comedy. attended by Wilson, Morrissey, and ing melodrama in favor of bittersweet ple to note that the scene weíve just Itís an unusual approach given that future members of Joy Division, The comedy. Wilson is filming a typically Sam Beckwith can be reached at seen did not take place. By way of the Factory story involves two deaths Buzzcocks, and Simply Red.) In his lightweight news item about a town [email protected]

bomber (yep) before a Budapest-based From the Vault: Classic Films Coming Soon villain (human skeleton Malcolm McDowell) can auction if off to Lolita (1962) only for Peter Sellers. Here, in his The Great Dictator (1940) I Suck whichever brown or yellow person Directed by Stanley Kubrick first recorded German-English Directed by Charles Chaplin. wants baddest to blow the shit out of Written by Vladimir Nabokov role, Sellers as Dr. Zempf sets out Written by Charles Chaplin. America. High-tech spook Scott brings Starring James Mason, Shelley the persona he would later perfect Starring Charles Chaplin, Paulette Eddie Murphy and Owen the toys while Robinson brings the Winters, Sue Lyon, Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove. Itís brilliant. Goddard, Jack Oakie. bling, whether taunting neanderthal Vatch dis movie, vill you, Wilson go down together. whiteys in the ring or ñ get this ñ coach- liebchen? Review by Andy Markowitz ing his feckless paleface partner on get- ■ February 20th at éelezn· at 5:30 ting it on with a leggy colleague. Thatís a good sign of the laziness on The Tin Drum (1979) display here (although Murphy Directed by Volker Schlöndorff I Spy prompting Wilson through an earpiece Written by Jean-Claude Carričre and Directed by Betty Thomas to recite ìSexual Healingî to his crush Günter Grass. Starring Mario Adorf, Written by Marianne and Cormac is kinda funny), and the buddy-bond- Anglea Winkler and David Bennent Wibberley, Jay Scherick, David Ronn ing and action sequences are staged Starring Eddie Murphy, Owen Wilson with slack indifference. Murphy barely breaks a sweat, but Wilson strains visibly to invest the movie with a modicum of hatís drearier than two gifted, the smart/dumb cool he brought to savvy performers marking time Zoolander and The Royal Tenenbaums, as Win a leaden buddy flick? Two if trying to convince us (or himself) gifted, savvy performers marking that something other than sheer time as cheery apologists for Mr. opportunism lured the crafty Bushís War. writer/actor of Tenenbaums and Rush- It did not escape notice in the Nominally based on a 1960s U.S. TV more into this tower of crap. 1930s that the worldís most show, I Spy offers up a few laughs, Similarly, the movie itself grasps for a despised dictator looked eerily like because even sleepwalking Eddie playful, self-mocking tone ñ the super its most popular entertainer. Murphy can loot that much from his agents bicker! The super gizmos break! Charlie Chaplin made the most of store of aging tricks. But theyíre ñ but there isnít any genuine satire Based on one of the greatest nov- the resemblance, using the occa- drowned, like Murphy and co-star here, or even farce, just George Bushís els of post-war Germany, The Tin sion of his first full-fledged talkie Owen Wilson, in a backwash of sour picture in the paper at the end. Dopey Drum, or Die Blechtrommel, is osten- to abandon the beloved Little cynicism. as they can get, the Austin Powers sibly the story of young Oskar Tramp to actually play Hitler (as The original I Spy was movies recognize spy-flick Early Kubrick with a script by the Matzerath of Danzig. Acutally, it is well as a persecuted Jewish bar- notable for featuring a black tropes as inherently ridicu- novelist, this Lolita is less tawdry the story of the whole of Nazi ber). The result is a flawed but co-protagonist (played by lous and treat them accord- and more textured than the origi- Germany. Matzerath, a strange deeply felt satire that still astonish- Bill Cosby) whose blackness ingly. I Spy wants credit for nal. Humbert Humbert is the prodigy who refuses to grow up, es with its balletic slapstick, was incidental. Here itís inte- snarkiness while enlisting quintessential European in soon rejects everything around inspired silliness (especially when gral ñ itís straight-up salt and without a trace of irony to America, aghast at all the him ó his middle-class values, his Chaplinís ìAdenoid Hynkelî duels pepper as Murphyís swag- fight the Axis of Evil. philistines yet tempted by his land- parents, his society and his intel- with Jack Oakieís Mussolini- gering boxer Kelly Hollywood toeing the ladyís teenage daughter. He spouts lect. His only response to the hor- manque), and a generous human- Robinson is improbably Washington line is nothing poetry and she sips malts; then the ror mounting around him is to ism that gave Red-baiters an enlisted (by GWB himself) new, but this flippant, faux- lights dim, and no, you never see drum on his eponymous drum, on excuse to hound Chaplin for years to team up with Wilsonís hip reactionary-lite is some- little ëLo naked. The film has the tinny hollowness of his to come. Self-indulgent, sentimen- Alex Scott, an agent with how scarier than a half- weaker moments (especially the nationís soul. tal, but still stirring. the, uh, ìBureau of National dozen Schwarzenegger interminable driving scenes) but is ■ Thursday February 13th at ■ Friday February 14th at Kino Security.î The mission: Lay blitzkriegs. And not nearly worth the price of admission if Unijazz at 7:00 MAT at 6 and 8:30 hands on an invisible as entertaining. ■ the prague pill February 6—20, 2003 11 Pill Kino Listings Praha: Before Night Falls at 1:45 and 6:30, Talk to Her (Sp) at 2 40 Days and 40 Nights at 5:30 and 8 Jeff Koyen was never late for the movies in Prague, but sometimes FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7 Oko: and 7, Chocolat at 4, He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not (Fr) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at 6, Ghost Dog: The the movies were late on him. He urges you to call ahead. Aero: Projekt 100/ 2003 - Naqoyqatsi (no dialogue, documentary) at 4:30 and 9:30, Amores perros (Sp) at 9 Way of the Samurai at 9:30, Human Traffic at midnight at 5:30, The Idiots (Dan) at 7:30, Amarcord (It) at 10 Rock Café-Kino 63: One World 2003 Festival (previews, call for pro- Ořechovka: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Cz dub) at 5, Blaník: Kameňák (Cz) at 4:30, 7 and 9:30 gram) at 7 Die Another Day at 8 Please consult the Venue Finder on p. 14 for theater addresses. Budějovická: Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (Cz dub) at 3:15, Světozor: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at 10:45 am, 2, Perštýn: Cruel Joys (Cz, Slov) at 5, 7:30 and 10 Amelie (Fr) at 5:30, My Big Fat Greek Wedding at 8 and 10 5:15 and 8:30, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Cz Ponrepo: The Elusive Summer of ´68 (Serbo-Croat) at 8 Dlabačov: Projekt 100/ 2003 - Amadeus at 6 and 8:45 dub) at 11 am, 3 and 6, Heaven at 9 Praha: My Big Fat Greek Wedding at 1:45 and 9, Amelie (Fr) at 2, Eden: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at 5:30 and 8 Baraka (no dialogue, documentary) at 4, Year of the Devil Edison: My Big Fat Greek Wedding at 4:30 and 8:30, Láska shora (Cz) at 4:30, 9:30 and 11:30, Solaris (Rus) at 6:30 and 11, (Cz) at 6:30 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11 Útěk do Budína (Cz) at 7 Evald: The Man Without a Past (Fin) at 5, 7:15 and 9:30 Rock Café-Kino 63: Dancer in the Dark at 7:30 Aero: Death in Venice (It) at 6, Stalker (Rus) at 8:30 Světozor: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at 10:45 am, 2, 5:15 Evropa: He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not (Fr) at 5:30, Vidocq (Fr) Blaník: Kameňák (Cz) at 4:30, 7 and 9:30 The French Institute: An Outgoing Woman (Fr, English subtitles) at 7:30 Morava: Grill Point (Ger) at 3 at 7, Road to Perdition at 8 and 8:30, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Cz dub) at Hvězda: Oko: Budějovická: Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (Cz dub) at 3:15, 10:50, 1:45 and 4:35, Lesní chodci (Cz) at 7:25 and 9:10 Intact (Sp) at 11 am, 4:30 and 9, Girlie (Cz, Slo) at 2 and 7 The Realm of the Senses (Jap) at 7, The Lord of the Rings: Hvězda: Girlie (Cz, Slov) at 11 am, 4:30 and 7, Ten Minutes Older: Amelie (Fr) at 5:30, My Big Fat Greek Wedding at 8 Illusion: We Children from Bahnhof Zoo (Ger) at 6 and 8:30 The Two Towers at 9:30 The Trumpet at 2 and 9 Delta: Intact (Sp) at 5:30 and 8 Jalta: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring at 2:15, Ořechovka: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Cz dub) at 5, Illusion: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at 5 and 8 Dlabačov: Projekt 100/ 2003 - The Idiots (Dan) at 6 and 8:15 ATURDAY EBRUARY Kameňák (Cz) at 5:15 and 6:55, Heaven at 9 24 Hour Party People at 8 Jalta: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring at 4:30, Eden: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at 5:30 and 8 S , F 15 Kotouč Film Club: Bend It Like Beckham at 8:30 Perštýn: Cruel Joys (Cz, Slov) at 5, 7:30 and 10 Girlie (Cz, Slov) at 7:15, Die Another Day at 9 Edison: Van Wilder at 5:30 and 8 Aero: How to Fly through 5 Years Or 5 Years in the Air without Kotva: He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not (Fr) at 11 am and 7, Spy Kids 2: Ponrepo: Jan Švankmajer - Precursors and Conspirators - Georges KC Zahrada: short Jan Švankmajer´s animated movies - J.S. Bach: Evald: Italian for Beginners (Dan) at 5, 7:15 and 9:30 the Layover - celebration of the 5 years of Aero at 7:30 Island of Lost Dreams (Cz dub) at 2, 8 Women (Fr) at 4:30 and 9:30 Franju (short movies, Fr) at 5:30, Fantomas (Fr, silent) at 8 Fantasia G-moll, The Fall of the House of Usher, A Quiet Evropa: He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not (Fr) at 5:30, Vidocq (Fr) Blaník: Catch Me If You Can at 2, 4:30, 7 and 9:30 Lucerna: Once Upon a Time in the Midlands at 11 am and 9, Euro Praha: My Big Fat Greek Wedding at 1:45 and 9, Amelie (Fr) at 2, Week in the House (Cz) at 5:30 and 8 at 7, Road to Perdition at 8 Budějovická: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Cz dub) at Pudding (Fr, Sp) at 2, 4:30 and 7 Baraka (no dialogue, documentary) at 4 and 6:30, Year of Kotva: Girlie (Cz, Slov) at 11 am and 7, Year of the Devil (Cz) at 2 The French Institute: The Town Is Quiet (Fr) at 7:30 11 am, 2 and 5, Extreme Ops at 8 and 10 Mat: Projekt 100/ 2003 - Blow-Up at 6 and 8:30 the Devil (Cz) at 4:30 and 9:30, Himalaya (Tibetan) at 7 and 9:30, Shrek (animated) at 4:30, Big Lebowski at 11:30 Hvězda: Girlie (Cz, Slov) at 11 am, 4:30 and 7, Ten Minutes Older: Dlabačov: My Big Fat Greek Wedding at 5:30 and 8 Modřanský Biograf: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at 5, Rock Café-Kino 63: Prague Stories (Cz) at 7:30 Lucerna: The Guru at 11 am, 4:30 and 7, Once Upon a Time in the The Trumpet at 2 and 9 Eden: Die Another Day at 5:30 and 8:30 Wings of Desire (Ger) at 8:30 Světozor: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at 10:45 am, 2, 5:15 Midlands at 2 and 9 Illusion: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at 5 and 8 Edison: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer´s Stone (Cz sub) at 2:30, K- Morava: Grill Point (Ger) at 5:30 and 8 and 8:30, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Cz dub) at Mat: Monty Python´s Life of Brian at 6, The Brats (Cz, English Jalta: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring at 4:30, 19: The Widowmaker at 5:30, 24 Hour Party People at 8 Oko: The Man Without s Past (Fin) at 7, The Lord of the Rings: 10:50, 1:45 and 4:35, Lesní chodci (Cz) at 7:25 and 9:10 subtitles) at 8:30 Girlie (Cz, Slov) at 7:15, Die Another Day at 9 Evald: The Samsara (Tibetan) at 5 and 8 The Two Towers at 9:30 Morava: Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (Cz dub) at 5:30, Kotouč Film Club: Monster´s Ball at 8:30 Evropa: Return to Never Land (Cz dub, animated) at 3, Girlie (Cz, Ořechovka: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Cz dub) at 5, Minority Report at 8 Kotva: Girlie (Cz, Slov) at 11 am and 7, Year of the Devil (Cz) at 2 Slov) at 5:30, Being Light (Fr) at 7, My Big Fat Greek Die Another Day at 8 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20 Oko: Black Cat, White Cat (Serbo-Croat) at 7, My Big Fat Greek Perštýn: and 9:30, Kandahar at 4:30 Wedding at 8 Cruel Joys (Cz, Slov) at 5, 7:30 and 10 Aero: Wedding at 9:30, Acid House at midnight Lucerna: The Guru at 11 am, 4:30 and 7, Once Upon a Time in the Hvězda: Intact (Sp) at 11 am, 4:30 and 9, Girlie (Cz, Slo) at 2 and 7 Ponrepo: Magdana´s Donkey (Georgian) + The 19th Century Last Tango in Paris (Fr) at 6, The Man Without a Past (Fin) Ořechovka: Talk to Her (Sp) at 5:30 and 8 Midlands at 2 and 9 Illusion: Monsters, Inc. (Cz dub, animated) at 2 and 4, We Children Georgian Chronicle (Georgian) at 5:30, Revolt of the at 8:45 Perštýn: Fimfarum (Cz, animated) at 5, Naqoyqatsi (no dialogue, Blaník: Catch Me If You Can at 4:30, 7 and 9:30 Mat: The Shawshank Redemption at 6, The Brats (Cz, English from Bahnhof Zoo (Ger) at 6 and 8:30 Fishermen (Rus, English subtitles) at 8 Budějovická: documentary) at 7:30 and 10 subtitles) at 8:30 Jalta: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring at 2:15, Praha: My Big Fat Greek Wedding at 1:45 and 9, Amelie (Fr) at 2, Treasure Planet (Cz dub, animated) at 3:15, 8 Women Ponrepo: Milan Klikar´s films (Cz) at 5:30 (Fr) at 5:30, Talk to Her (Sp) at 8 Morava: Amelie (Fr) at 5:30 and 8 Kameňák (Cz) at 5:15 and 6:55, Heaven at 9 Baraka (no dialogue, documentary) at 4 and 6:30, Year of Dlabačov: Praha: Bend It Like Beckham at 1:45 and 6:30, Talk to Her (Sp) Oko: Last Tango in Paris (Fr) at 7, Sex and Lucia (Sp) at 9:30 Kotva: Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (Cz dub) at 11 am and 2, the Devil (Cz) at 4:30 and 9:30, Himalaya (Tibetan) at 7 Projekt 100/ 2003 - Brazil at 6 and 8:30 at 2, 7 and 11:30, The Ignorant Fairies (It, Turk) at 4, He Světozor: Eden: The Guru at 5:30, Road to Perdition at 8 Ořechovka: The Man Without a Past (Fin) at 5:30 and 8 8 Women (Fr) at 4:30 and 9:30, He Loves Me... He Loves Me The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at 10:45 am, 2, Edison: Loves Me... He Loves Me Not (Fr) at 4:30 and 9:30, Perštýn: Fimfarum (Cz, animated) at 5, Naqoyqatsi (no dialogue, Not (Fr) at 7, Monty Python´s The Meaning of Life at 11:30 5:15 and 8:30, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Cz Ice Age (Cz dub, animated) (call for times) Mulholland Drive at 9, Wings of Desire (Ger) at 11:15 Evald: The Samsara (Tibetan) at 5 and 8 documentary) at 7:30 and 10 Lucerna: Once Upon a Time in the Midlands at 11 am and 9, Euro dub) at 10:50, 1:45 and 4:35, Lesní chodci at 7:25 and 9:10 The French Institute: Rock Café-Kino 63: Harrison´s Flowers at 7:30 Ponrepo: The New Mission of Judex I. (Fr, silent) at 5:30, The New Pudding (Fr, Sp) at 2, 4:30 and 7 The Color of Lies (Fr) at 7:30 Světozor: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at 10:45 am, 2, The Hungarian Culture Institute: Close to Love (Hung) at 6 Mission of Judex II. (Fr, silent) at 8 Mat: Projekt 100/ 2003 - Amarcord (It) at 6 and 8:30 Hvězda: 5:15 and 8:30, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Cz Praha: Baraka (no dialogue, documentary) at 1:45 and 6:30, Talk Modřanský Biograf: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at 5, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19 Once Upon a Time in the Midlands, The Guru, Italian for dub) at 11 am, 3 and 6, Heaven at 9 Beginners (Dan) (call for times) to Her (Sp) at 2 and 7, Chocolat at 4, He Loves Me... He Rok ďábla (Year of the Devil, Cz, English subtitles) at 8:30 Aero: Monsoon Wedding at 3:15, The Man Without a Past (Fin) at Illusion: Cruel Joys (Slov) at 6 and 8 Loves Me Not (Fr) at 4:30 and 9:30, Amores perros (Sp) at 9 Morava: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Cz dub) at 3, Jalta: Rock Café-Kino 63: The Closet (Fr) at 7:30 Bend It Like Beckham at 5:30 and 8 5:30, Lesní chodci (Cz) at 8 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring at 4:15, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8 Světozor: Oko: Blaník: Catch Me If You Can at 4:30, 7 and 9:30 Kameňák (Cz) at 7:10 and 9 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at 10:45 am, 2, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at 1:15, Hollywood Budějovická: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Cz dub) at Kotouč Film Club: Monsoon Wedding at 8:30 Aero: Treasure Planet (Cz dub, animated) at 3:30, Projekt 100/ 5:15 and 8:30, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Cz Ending at 4:30, Celebrity at 7, Deconstructing Harry at 9:30, 2 and 5, Extreme Ops at 8 Kotva: My Big Fat Greek Wedding at 11 am and 7, 24 Hour Party 2003 - Brazil at 5:30, The Idiots (Dan) at 8, Blow-Up at 10:30 dub) at 11 am, 3 and 6, Heaven at 9 Human Traffic at midnight Ořechovka: Delta: Projekt 100/ 2003 - The Idiots (Dan) at 5:30 and 8 People at 2 and 9:30, Amelie (Fr) at 4:30 Blaník: Kameňák (Cz) at 2, 4:30, 7 and 9:30 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Cz dub) at 2 Dlabačov: Bread and Tulips (It) at 6 and 8 Lucerna: Once Upon an Angel, Our Little Town (Cz) (call for times) Budějovická: Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (Cz dub) at 1 and 3:15, and 5, Die Another Day at 8 Perštýn: Eden: Die Another Day at 5:30 and 8:30 Mat: Projekt 100/ 2003 - Late Night Talks with Mother (Cz) at 6, Amelie (Fr) at 5:30, My Big Fat Greek Wedding at 8 and 10 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12 Cruel Joys (Cz, Slov) at 5, 7:30 and 10 Edison: Road to Perdition at 5:30 and 8 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at 8:30 Dlabačov: Quo Vadis (Pol) at 5 and 8 Praha: My Big Fat Greek Wedding at 1:45 and 9, Amelie (Fr) at 2, Evald: Modřanský Biograf: Aero: Baraka (no dialogue, documentary) at 3:30 and 6, The Baraka (no dialogue, documentary) at 4, Year of the Devil The Samsara (Tibetan) at 5 and 8 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Cz Eden: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at 5:30 and 8 Grande Bouffe (Fr) at 8:30 Evropa: Girlie (Cz, Slov) at 5:30, My Big Fat Greek Wedding at 8 dub) at 5, Road to Perdition at 8 Edison: My Big Fat Greek Wedding at 4:30 and 8:30, Láska shora (Cz) at 4:30, 9:30 and 11:30, Solaris (Rus) at 6:30 and 11, The French Institute: Morava: Blaník: Kameňák (Cz) at 4:30, 7 and 9:30 Útěk do Budína (Cz) at 7 An Outgoing Woman (Fr, English subtitles) at 7:30 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones at 5:30, (Cz) at 6:30 British Council: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead at 5 The Hungarian Culture Institute: Dvanáct křesel (Cz) at 5:30 Naqoyqatsi (no dialogue, documentary) at 8 Evald: The Man Without a Past (Fin) at 5, 7:15 and 9:30 Rock Café-Kino 63: The Piano Teacher (Fr) at 7:30 Hvězda: Oko: Budějovická: Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (Cz dub) at 3:15, Světozor: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at 10:45 am, 2, 5:15 Intact (Sp) at 11 am, 4:30 and 9, Girlie (Cz, Slo) at 2 and 7 Being Light at 7, Mulholland Drive at 9:30, Fear and Evropa: Treasure Planet (Cz dub, animated) at 3, He Loves Me... He Amelie (Fr) at 5:30, My Big Fat Greek Wedding at 8 Illusion: We Children from Bahnhof Zoo (Ger) at 6 and 8:30 Loathing in Las Vegas at midnight Loves Me Not (Fr) at 5:30, Vidocq (Fr) at 7, Road to Perdition at 8 and 8:30, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Cz dub) at The Italian Culture Institute: Ořechovka: Delta: Intact (Sp) at 5:30 and 8 10:50, 1:45 and 4:35, Lesní chodci (Cz) at 7:25 and 9:10 Splendor (It) at 6:30 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at 4:30 and 8 Hvězda: Girlie (Cz, Slov) at 11 am, 4:30 and 7, Ten Minutes Older: Dlabačov: Projekt 100/ 2003 - Late Night Talk with Mother (Cz) at Jalta: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring at 2:15, Perštýn: Heaven at 5 The Trumpet at 2 and 9 6 and 8 Kameňák (Cz) at 5:15 and 6:55, Heaven at 9 Ponrepo: Dead of Night at 5:30 Illusion: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at 2, 5 and 8 Eden: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at 5:30 and 8 UNDAY EBRUARY KC Kaštan: Private Torment (Cz) at 8 Praha: Girlie (Cz, Slov) at 1:45 and 6:30, Year of the Devil (Cz) at Jalta: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring at 4:30, Edison: Van Wilder at 5:30 and 8 S , F 16 Kotva: He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not (Fr) at 11 am and 7, Spy 2 and 7, Full Frontal at 4, Intact (Sp) at 4:30 and 9:45, Girlie (Cz, Slov) at 7:15, Die Another Day at 9 Evald: Italian for Beginners (Dan) at 5, 7:15 and 9:30 Aero: Italian for Beginners (Dan) at 6, The Ignorant Fairies (It, Turk) at 8:30 Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (Cz dub) at 2, 8 Women (Fr) Some Secrets (Cz) at 9 Kotva: Stuart Little 2 (Cz dub, animated) at 11 am and 2, Shrek Evropa: He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not (Fr) at 5:30, The Waiting Blaník: Catch Me If You Can at 4:30, 7 and 9:30 at 4:30 and 9:30 Rock Café-Kino 63: Kandahar at 7:30 (animated) at 4:30, Girlie (Cz, Slov) at 7, Year of the Devil List (just in Spanish) at 6, Road to Perdition at 8 Budějovická: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Cz dub) at Lucerna: Once Upon a Time in the Midlands at 11 am and 9, Euro Světozor: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Cz dub) at 10:45 (Cz) at 9:30, Big Lebowski at 11:30 The French Institute: The Town Is Quiet (Fr) at 7:30 11 am, 2 and 5, Extreme Ops at 8 Pudding (Fr, Sp) at 2, 4:30 and 7 am, 1:40 and 4:30, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at Lucerna: The Guru at 11 am, 4:30 and 7, Once Upon a Time in the Hvězda: Girlie (Cz, Slov) at 11 am, 4:30 and 7, Ten Minutes Older: Delta: Projekt 100/ 2003 - Blow-Up at 5:30 and 8 Mat: Projekt 100/ 2003 - Brazil at 5:30 and 8:30 10:45 am, 2, 5:15 and 8:30, Lesní chodci (Cz) at 7:20 and 9:10 Midlands at 2 and 9 The Trumpet at 2 and 9 Dlabačov: My Big Fat Greek Wedding at 5:30 and 8 Modřanský Biograf: Some Secrets (Cz) at 9:30 am, The Lord of the Unijazz: Sing, Cowboy, Sing (Ger) at 7 Mat: Monty Python´s Life of Brian at 6, The Brats (Cz, English Illusion: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at 5 and 8 Eden: Die Another Day at 5:30 and 8:30 Rings: The Two Towers at 5, Wings of Desire (Ger) at 8:30 Železná: Lolita at 5:30 subtitles) at 8:30 The Italian Culture Institute: Macaroni (It) at 6:30 Edison: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer´s Stone (Cz sub) at 2:30, K- Morava: Amadeus at 5 and 8 Jalta: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring at 4:30, 19: The Widowmaker at 5:30, 24 Hour Party People at 8 Oko: Treasure Planet (Cz dub, animated) at 2:30, Kieslowski - Girlie (Cz, Slov) at 7:15, Die Another Day at 9 Evald: The Samsara (Tibetan) at 5 and 8 Camera Buff (Pol) at 4:30, A Short Film About Love (Pol) at KC Kaštan: Courage for Every Day (Cz) at 8 Evropa: Return to Never Land (Cz dub, animated) at 3, Girlie (Cz, 7, Three Colors: Red (Fr) at 9:30, Acid House at midnight Kotva: Girlie (Cz, Slov) at 11 am and 7, Year of the Devil (Cz) at 2 Slov) at 5:30, Being Light (Fr) at 7, My Big Fat Greek Ořechovka: Talk to Her (Sp) at 5:30 and 8 and 9:30, Kandahar at 4:30 Wedding at 8 Perštýn: Fimfarum (Cz, animated) at 5, Naqoyqatsi (no dialogue, Lucerna: The Guru at 11 am, 4:30 and 7, Once Upon a Time in the Hvězda: Intact (Sp) at 11 am, 4:30 and 9, Girlie (Cz, Slo) at 2 and 7 documentary) at 7:30 and 10 Midlands at 2 and 9 Illusion: Monsters, Inc. (Cz dub, animated) at 2 and 4, We Children Praha: Bend It Like Beckham at 1:45 and 6:30, Talk to Her (Sp) Mat: The Shawshank Redemption at 6, The Brats (Cz, English from Bahnhof Zoo (Ger) at 6 and 8:30 at 2, 7 and 11:30, The Ignorant Fairies (It, Turk) at 4, He subtitles) at 8:30 Jalta: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring at 2:15, Loves Me... He Loves Me Not (Fr) at 4:30 and 9:30, Morava: Amelie (Fr) at 3 Kameňák (Cz) at 5:15 and 6:55, Heaven at 9 Mulholland Drive at 9, Wings of Desire (Ger) at 11:15 Oko: The Ignorant Fairies (It, Turk) at 7, The Piano Teacher (Fr) at Kotva: Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (Cz dub) at 11 am and Rock Café-Kino 63: The Piano Teacher (Fr) at 7:30 9:30, Human Traffic at midnight 1:30, 8 Women (Fr) at 4:30 and 9:30, He Loves Me... He Světozor: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at 10:45 am, 2, Ořechovka: The Man Without a Past (Fin) at 5:30 and 8 Loves Me Not (Fr) at 7 5:15 and 8:30, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Cz Perštýn: Fimfarum (Cz, animated) at 5, Naqoyqatsi (no dialogue, Lucerna: Once Upon a Time in the Midlands at 11 am and 9, Euro dub) at 11 am, 3 and 6, Heaven at 9 documentary) at 7:30 and 10 Pudding (Fr, Sp) at 2, 4:30 and 7 Ponrepo: The New Mission of Judex III. (Fr, silent) at 5:30, Lesní Mat: Projekt 100/ 2003 - Amadeus at 5 and 8:30 chodci (Cz) at 8 Modřanský Biograf: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at 5, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9 Praha: Baraka (no dialogue, documentary) at 1:45 and 6:30, Talk Rok ďábla (Year of the Devil, Cz, English subtitles) at 8:30 Aero: Projekt 100/ 2003 - Late Night Talks with Mother (Cz) at 6, to Her (Sp) at 2 and 7, Chocolat at 4, He Loves Me... He Morava: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Cz dub) at 3, Blow-Up at 8:30 Loves Me Not (Fr) at 4:30 and 9:30, Amores perros (Sp) at 9 Bend It Like Beckham at 5:30 and 8 Blaník: Kameňák (Cz) at 2, 4:30, 7 and 9:30 Rock Café-Kino 63: Prague Stories (Cz) at 7:30 Oko: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at 2, Small Time Budějovická: Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (Cz dub) at 1 and Světozor: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at 10:45 am, 2, Crooks at 5:30, Everything You Always Wanted to Know 3:15, Amelie (Fr) at 5:30, My Big Fat Greek Wedding at 8 5:15 and 8:30, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Cz About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask at 7, The Curse of the Delta: Sex and Lucia (Sp) at 5:30 and 8 dub) at 11 am, 3 and 6, Heaven at 9 Jade Scorpion at 9:30 Dlabačov: Quo Vadis (Pol) at 5 and 8 Ořechovka: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Cz dub) at 2 Eden: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at 5:30 and 8 and 5, Die Another Day at 8 Edison: My Big Fat Greek Wedding at 4:30 and 8:30, Láska shora THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13 Perštýn: Cruel Joys (Cz, Slov) at 5, 7:30 and 10 (Cz) at 6:30 Praha: My Big Fat Greek Wedding at 1:45 and 9, Amelie (Fr) at 2, Blaník: Catch Me If You Can at 4:30, 7 and 9:30 Baraka (no dialogue, documentary) at 4 and 6:30, Year of Evald: The Man Without a Past (Fin) at 5, 7:15 and 9:30 Budějovická: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Cz dub) at Evropa: Treasure Planet (Cz dub, animated) at 3, He Loves Me... He the Devil (Cz) at 4:30 and 9:30, Útěk do Budína (Cz) at 7 2 and 5, Extreme Ops at 8 Světozor: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at 10:45 am, 2, Loves Me Not (Fr) at 5:30, Vidocq (Fr) at 7, Road to Perdition at 8 Dlabačov: Monster´s Ball at 6 and 8 Hvězda: Girlie (Cz, Slov) at 11 am, 4:30 and 7, Ten Minutes Older: 5:15 and 8:30, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Cz Eden: Die Another Day at 5:30 and 8:30 dub) at 10:50, 1:45 and 4:35, Lesní chodci at 7:25 and 9:10 The Trumpet at 2 and 9 Edison: K-19: The Widowmaker at 5:30 and 8 Illusion: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at 2, 5 and 8 Evald: The Samsara (Tibetan) at 5 and 8 Jalta: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring at 4:30, The French Institute: Late August, Early September (Fr, English sub- ONDAY EBRUARY Girlie (Cz, Slov) at 7:15, Die Another Day at 9 titles) at 7:30 M , F 17 Kotva: Stuart Little 2 (Cz dub, animated) at 11 am, Cats and Dogs The Hungarian Culture Institute: The Real America (Hung) at 6 Aero: Black Cat, White Cat (Serbo-Croat) at 6, Underground (Cz dub, animated) at 1:30, Shrek (animated) at 4:30, Girlie Hvězda: Intact (Sp) at 11 am, 4:30 and 9, Girlie (Cz, Slo) at 2 and 7 (Serbo-Croat) at 8:30 (Cz, Slov) at 7, Year of the Devil (Cz) at 9:30 Illusion: We Children from Bahnhof Zoo (Ger) at 6 and 8:30 Bio Roxy: The Exorcist at 8 Lucerna: The Guru at 11 am, 4:30 and 7, Once Upon a Time in the Jalta: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring at 2:15, Blaník: Catch Me If You Can at 4:30, 7 and 9:30 Midlands at 2 and 9 Kameňák (Cz) at 5:15 and 6:55, Heaven at 9 Budějovická: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Cz dub) at Mat: Monty Python´s Life of Brian at 6, The Brats (Cz, English Kotouč Film Club: Blind Chance (Pol) at 8:30 2 and 5, Extreme Ops at 8 subtitles) at 8:30 Kotva: He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not (Fr) at 11 am and 7, Spy Kids Delta: Projekt 100/ 2003 - The Isle (Korean) at 5:30 and 8 Morava: Spy Kids: Island of Lost Dreams (Cz dub) at 5:30, 24 2: Island of Lost Dreams (Cz dub) at 2, 8 Women (Fr) at 4:30 Dlabačov: Projekt 100/ 2003 - Blow-Up at 6 and 8 Hour Party People at 8 Lucerna: Once Upon a Time in the Midlands at 11 am and 9, Euro Eden: Die Another Day at 5:30 and 8:30 Oko: Z devatera pohádek (Cz, animated) at 2:30, Kieslowski - Pudding (Fr, Sp) at 2, 4:30 and 7 Edison: Road to Perdition at 5:30 and 8 Blind Chance (Pol) at 4:30, Three Colors: Blue (Fr) at 7, A Mat: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Evald: The Samsara (Tibetan) at 5 and 8 Short Film About Killing (Pol) at 9:30 Were Afraid to Ask at 6 and 8:30 Evropa: Girlie (Cz, Slov) at 5:30, Being Light (Fr) at 7, My Big Fat Ořechovka: Talk to Her (Sp) at 5:30 and 8 Morava: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Cz dub) at 3, Greek Wedding at 8 Perštýn: Fimfarum (Cz, animated) at 5, Naqoyqatsi (no dialogue, 40 Days and 40 Nights at 5:30 and 8 The Hungarian Culture Institute: Penguin (Pol) at 5:30 documentary) at 7:30 and 10 Oko: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at 6, Late Night Hvězda: Intact (Sp) at 11 am, 4:30 and 9, Girlie (Cz, Slo) at 2 and 7 Praha: Big Lebowski at 1:45 and 6:30, Talk to Her (Sp) at 2 and Shopping at 9:30, Human Traffic at midnight Illusion: We Children from Bahnhof Zoo (Ger) at 6 and 8:30 7, The Ignorant Fairies (It, Turk) at 4, He Loves Me... He Ořechovka: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Cz dub) at 5, Jalta: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring at 2:15, Loves Me Not (Fr) at 4:30 and 9:30, Mulholland Drive at 9 Die Another Day at 8 Kameňák (Cz) at 5:15 and 6:55, Heaven at 9 Světozor: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at 10:45 am, 2, Perštýn: Cruel Joys (Cz, Slov) at 5, 7:30 and 10 Kotva: He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not (Fr) at 11 am and 7, Spy 5:15 and 8:30, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Cz Praha: My Big Fat Greek Wedding at 1:45 and 9, Amelie (Fr) at 2, Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (Cz dub) at 2, 8 Women (Fr) dub) at 11 am, 3 and 6, Heaven at 9 Baraka (no dialogue, documentary) at 4 and 6:30, Year of at 4:30 and 9:30 the Devil (Cz) at 4:30 and 9:30, Útěk do Budína (Cz) at 7 Lucerna: Once Upon a Time in the Midlands at 11 am and 9, Euro Rock Café-Kino 63: Amores perros (Sp) at 7:30 Pudding (Fr, Sp) at 2, 4:30 and 7 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10 Světozor: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at 10:45 am, 2, 5:15 Mat: Projekt 100/ 2003 - The Milky Way (Fr) at 6 and 8:30 Aero: Fimfarum (Cz, animated) at 6, Everything You Always and 8:30, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Cz dub) at Modřanský Biograf: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at 5, Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask at 8:30 10:50, 1:45 and 4:35, Lesní chodci (Cz) at 7:25 and 9:10 Wings of Desire (Ger) at 8:30 Bio Roxy: Pointing - documentary on graffiti (Cz) at 8 Unijazz: The Tin Drum (Ger) at 7 Morava: Grill Point (Ger) at 5:30 and 8 Blaník: Kameňák (Cz) at 4:30, 7 and 9:30 Železná: student animated films (Cz) at 6 Oko: Italian for Beginners (Dan) at 7, The Lord of the Rings: The Budějovická: Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (Cz dub) at 3:15, two Towers at 9:30 Amelie (Fr) at 5:30, My Big Fat Greek Wedding at 8 Ořechovka: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Cz dub) at 5, Delta: Earth (Sp) at 5:30 and 8 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14 Die Another Day at 8 Perštýn: Cruel Joys (Cz, Slov) at 5, 7:30 and 10 Dlabačov: Projekt 100/ 2003 - Naqoyqatsi (no dialogue, documen- Aero: 24 Hour Party People at 6, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas tary) at 6 and 8 Ponrepo: short Louis Feuillade´s movies (Fr, silent) at 5:30 at 8:30, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai at 11 Praha: My Big Fat Greek Wedding at 1:45 and 9, Amelie (Fr) at 2, Eden: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at 5:30 and 8 Blaník: Die Another Day at 11 am, 2, 4:40, 7:20 and 10 Edison: Catch Me If You Can at 2, 4:30, 7 and 9:30 Baraka (no dialogue, documentary) at 4 and 6:30, Year of VILLAGE CINEMAS ČERNÝ MOST FEB 7—12 Van Wilder at 5:30 and 8 Budějovická: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Cz dub) at My Big Fat Greek Wedding at 10:05 am, 12:05, 5:50, 7:50 and 10:05 Evald: Italian for Beginners (Dan) at 5, 7:15 and 9:30 the Devil (Cz) at 4:30 and 9:30, Himalaya (Tibetan) at 7 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at 10 am, 11 am, 1:20, 4, 5, 2 and 5, Extreme Ops at 8 and 10 Rock Café-Kino 63: VideoCulture Fest 2003 - amateur international Intact (Sp) at 3:40, 6 and 8:45 Evropa: He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not (Fr) at 5:30, Vidocq (Fr) Dlabačov: 7:30 and 8:30 Crouching Tigger, Hidden Dragon at 6 and 8:15 video, young production (14 - 21 years) festival at 4, One Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Cz dub) at 10:20 am, 1:50 at 7, Road to Perdition at 8 Eden: Die Another Day at 5:30 and 8:30 Kameňák (Cz) at 10:10 am, 12:10, 2:10, 4:15, 6:20, 8:25 and 10:30 The Hungarian Culture Institute: The Criminal and the Lady (Pol) at 5:30 World 2003 Festival (previews, call for program) at 8 and 5:10 Edison: K-19: The Widowmaker at 5:30 and 8 Světozor: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at 10:45 am, 2, Extreme Ops at 10:30 am, 12:40, 2:50, 4:55, 7:10 and 9:20 Hvězda: Girlie (Cz, Slov) at 11 am, 4:30 and 7, Ten Minutes Older: Evald: Ice Age The Samsara (Tibetan) at 5 and 8 5:15 and 8:30, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Cz I Spy at 1, 3:30, 5:40, 7:50 and 10 (Cz dub) at 10:15 am and 1 The Trumpet at 2 and 9 Evropa: Girlie (Cz, Slov) at 5:30, Being Light (Fr) at 7, My Big Fat The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Illusion: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at 5 and 8 dub) at 10:50, 1:45 and 4:35, Lesní chodci at 7:25 and 9:10 The Transporter at 4:10, 6:10, 8:10 and 10:10 at 2:10 Greek Wedding at 8 Útěk do Budína Jalta: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring at 4:30, Die Another Day at 10:55 am, 2, 5:05 and 8:05 (Cz) at 8:40 Hvězda: Intact (Sp) at 11 am, 4:30 and 9, Girlie (Cz, Slo) at 2 and 7 24 Hour Party People Girlie (Cz, Slov) at 7:15, Die Another Day at 9 Illusion: We Children from Bahnhof Zoo (Ger) at 6, Projekt 100/ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Cz dub) at 10:30 am, 2:05 and 6 at 3 Kotva: Girlie (Cz, Slov) at 11 am and 7, Year of the Devil (Cz) at 2 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 2003 - Amarcord (It) at 8:30 Ice Age (Cz dub) at 10:20 am, 12:20 and 2:15 and 9:30, Kandahar at 4:30 Jalta: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring at 2:15, Aero: Year of the Devil (Cz) at 6, A Clockwork Orange at 8:30 CINEMA EUROPA Lucerna: The Guru at 11 am, 4:30 and 7, Once Upon a Time in the Sweet Home Alabama at 9:30 Kameňák (Cz) at 5:15 and 6:55, Heaven at 9 Blaník: Catch Me If You Can at 4:30, 7 and 9:30 Heaven Midlands at 2 and 9 KC Zahrada: Budějovická: Spy Kids: Island of Lost Dreams (Cz dub) at 10:40 am at 2:20, 6:20 and 10:25 (plus at 10:20 am on weekend) Captain Corelli´s Mandolin at 5:30 and 8 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Cz dub) at Naqoyqatsi Mat: The Shawshank Redemption at 6, The Brats (Cz, English Kotva: He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not (Fr) at 11 am and 7, Spy 2 and 5, Extreme Ops at 8 (no dialogue, documentary) at 12:20, 4:20 and 8:20 subtitles) at 8:30 Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (Cz dub) at 2, 8 Women (Fr) Delta: Projekt 100/ 2003 - Naqoyqatsi (no dialogue, documen- VILLAGE CINEMAS ANDĚL FEB 7—12 The Pianist at 11:50 am, 4:50 and 7:35 Morava: 24 Hour Party People at 7:30 and 8 at 4:30, Monty Python´s The Meaning of Life at 11:30 tary) at 5:30 and 8 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at 10 am, 12:30, 1:30, 4, Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet at 2:50 and 10:30 Oko: The Draughtsman´s Contract at 7, Monsoon Wedding at 9:30 Lucerna: Once Upon a Time in the Midlands at 11 am and 9, Euro Dlabačov: Projekt 100/ 2003 - The Great Dictator at 6 and 8:15 Ořechovka: The Man Without a Past (Fin) at 5:30 and 8 Pudding (Fr, Sp) at 2, 4:30 and 7 Eden: Die Another Day at 5:30 and 8:30 5, 7:40 and 8:30 GOLD CLASS Perštýn: Fimfarum (Cz, animated) at 5, Naqoyqatsi (no dialogue, Mat: Projekt 100/ 2003 - The Great Dictator at 6 and 8:30 Edison: Road to Perdition at 5:30 and 8 I Spy at 10:10 am, 12:10, 2:10, 4:10, 6:10, 8:10 and 10:10 documentary) at 7:30 and 10 Modřanský Biograf: Evald: Kameňák (Cz) at 11:05 am, 1:20, 3:45, 6:05, 8:15 and 10:45 Die Another Day at 4:45, 7:45 and 10:20 (plus at 2:05 on weekend) Ponrepo: official reopening of the cinema after the flood, The Samsara (Tibetan) at 5 and 8 Cirkus bude (Cz) at 5:30, The Way Through the Bleak surprise, free entry! at 8:30 Evropa: Girlie (Cz, Slov) at 5:30, Being Light (Fr) at 7, My Big Fat Extreme Ops at 11:30 am, 1:40, 3:50, 5:55, 8 and 10:10 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at 5:15 and 8:20 (plus at 1:45 Woods (Cz) at 8 Morava: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Cz dub) at 3, Greek Wedding at 8 The Transporter at 10:55 am, 1, 5:30, 7:30 and 9:30 on weekend) For Palace Cinemas multikino listings, consult www.palacecinemas.cz (English version available) 12 February 6—20, 2003 the prague pill

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Chateau (1) Jakubská 2 SPOTLIGHT ON Still listed in many guidebooks as Chapeau Rouge, it’s the same old hang for locals and temporaries alike. It can look a bit roguish at times, but it’s actu- ally warm and fuzzy and more than just a meet mar- ket. Bring a cool, mellow attitude, and the doors of Radava Lanes the city may open for you. Not the sure-thing it once Milady Horákové 37 was, nonetheless an organic character keeps it vital. Tel. 233 101 213, www.radava.cz Újezd (2) Újezd 14 As good an excuse for spending some of your evening on the “small side” as any. Three rooms featuring varying tunes to herbalize to. Probably as close as Prague gets to an alternative rock ’n’ roll bar. Welcoming to all in that Amsterdam kinda way.

Dusk Til Dawn (3) Týnská 19 One of the new set of cocktail bars flourishing near Be the first on your block to go Týn square, filling a niche by providing quality drinks to the older (25-35) but not snobbier set. Radical concoc- retro! If you don't remember all the tions at reasonable prices and a groovy interior make good times you had bowling – either this a good place to start or wind up an evening. because you never bowled or because it was so long ago – take a Thirsty Dog (4) refresher on the Brunswick lanes in Elišky Krásnohorské 5 Holešovice. Cultures collide in this A guidebook mainstay that’s changed quite a bit hospoda-meets-bowling alley that over the years. New ownership has kept the drink prices and quality eats at their former level, but the burrows inconceivably deep into the madness is gone. The clientele has shifted from city block – no doubt contributing Yanks to Brits, but the smattering of local university countless audible torments to the students keeps the place out of the obituary column. 7 babičkas living in the building above. Never mind the suffering it Marquis de Sade (5) must cause; you can actually feel Templová 18 4 your cares dissolve as the ball This former Hapsburg-era brothel around the cor- ner from Chateau can look like a Prohibition-era 15 8 smashes into the wooden pins. speakeasy, replete with gangster balcony. Swings 35 Everyone cheers a strike, everyone from crazy to mellow with disconcerting unpre- 26 gasps at a spare, everyone makes dictability, as all kinds stop in to test the waters. those silly puckered-up faces at a 34 3 split! There's no need to fear the Batalion (6) 12 Jesus – Czechs haven't gotten the 28. Října 3 1 hang of bowling yet, so it's an open This 24-hour den of chaos has a New Orleans-style dyslexia about day and night, and is for ragers and field for any sharks among us. There alcoholics alike. Entertainment includes the occa- 39 are 10 full lanes, and they even kick sional band, big-screen music videos, billiards, in the black-light for nightmarishly frumpy metal-heads, and the only 24-hour internet entertaining psychedelic disco- in town. You’d think you’d see more hipsters. bowling! Ten lanes sounds like a lot, 20 but just imagine how many people La Casa Blu (7) 21 there are in Holešovice! Call ahead Kozí 15 Tucked away in old town, this funky Latino-Czech to reserve your lane, and kill the bar is a friendly, well-lit room with a passable mid- time at the restaurant out front, night Mexican food menu, and they’ll even put ice which serves decent Czech in your drinks. A good place to chill with your pub fare. Check their new soulmate without too much interference from 6 website for event the tri-lingual staff. details. ✹✹ ✹ Fraktal (9) Šmeralova 1 32 This Holešovice basement bar often feels like the Beverly Hillbillies have come to Prague. A friendly 2 TRAINS home-style joint that hosts a mix of neighborhood 29 freaks and expats testing their various resolves nightly, and failing happily. Real canines welcome. Express Trains Wakata (10) Malířská 14 (Eurocity connections) Part of the burgeoning Letná underground, this is 3 from Prague to Berlin, the place for turntable fanatics, as some of the best 22 young, local talent spin dub and hip-hop through a Budapest and Warsaw haze of homegrown. Cool interior, not touristy.

Train schedules are usually reliable, Palác Akropolis (11) 41 but are subject to occasional delays. Kubelíkova 27 31 To confirm departure times online, The only Sure Thing in the city. Two bars host check the English-language search name DJs doing things you shouldn’t try at home. engine on www.prague.tv, and don’t Experimental, buzzing, cheap booze, no cover. 38 forget to bring something to read. Unpredictable and welcoming. Worth the adventure, five minutes from the center. 130 Kč in a taxi. Prague to Berlin (Daily) Average trip: 5 hours U Malého Glena (12) 6:44 a.m. from Hlavní Nádraží Karmelitská 23 8:44 a.m. from Hlavní Nádraží Little Glen’s is one of the oldest and most estab- 12:44 p.m. from Hlavní Nádraží lished bars in Malá strana. Featuring nightly jazz in 3:00 p.m. from Praha Holešovice its cozy basement and healthy short-order food 5:00 p.m. from Praha Holešovice upstairs. A place where all ages and inclinations feel at home. Staff open to your silly questions. Prague to Budapest (Daily) Average trip: 7 hours Le Clan (14) 12:43 a.m. from Hlavní Nádraží Balbínova 23 6:10 a.m. from Hlavní Nádraží 8:58 a.m. from Praha Holešovice The devil has to play somewhere. This after-hours 12:58 a.m. from Praha Holešovice club caters to no one, and yet all the flotsam from 3:55 p.m. from Hlavní Nádraží the other bars and clubs in town congregates here 11:22 p.m. from Hlavní Nádraží nightly from three until sometime after dawn. Groups in dark corners perform illicit acts to thump- Prague to Vienna (Daily) ing French house music. A low-key attitude will get 24 Average trip: 5 hours you in the door, the secret is trying to get out. 6:55 a.m. from Hlavní Nádraží 10:58 a.m. from Praha Holešovice Baráčnická Rychta (15) 2:58 p.m. from Praha Holešovice Tržiště 23/555 5:58 p.m. from Praha Holešovice Another Malá strana beer hall turned music club, Rychta also offers affordable and tasty Czech Prague to Warsaw (Daily) meals. The young garden crowd moves inside for Average trip: 9.5 hours the winter when rivers of Pilsner are consumed. 1:05 p.m. from Hlavní Nádraží 6:39 p.m. from Hlavní Nádraží 9:10 p.m. from Hlavní Nádraží CLUBSIndustry 55 (18) Mecca (19) La Fabrique (20) Double Trouble (21) Vinohradská 40 U Průhonu 3 Uhelný trh 2 Melantrichova 17 Roxy (16) The crowd is young, Czech, and all have huge pupils The nice thing about this house music venue is Classic pick-up joint featuring cheesy Euro-disco Down the street from La Fabrique, with better music How do I get on the map? Dlouhá 33 where their eyes once were as they jog around wait- once you get there, you have made the commit- with cheesy Euro-emcee. But that’s not why you’re and more Germans and Italians. No matter, the same The reviews on this page are trusted Legendary for a reason, this remarkable renovated ing for the mother ship to pick them up. Hard techno ment. The sound system and the talent on the here is it? Foreigners, tourists, and local high-school etiquette applies here except that the cute little girl recommendations of our staff and friends, not old Jewish theater maintains a raw warehouse vibe beats until noon on weekends. Some swear by it. decks are arguably Prague’s finest. Most come to girls and secretaries come here to get their funkless you’re falling in love with has just have passed your paid ads. Advertising space is available on despite its status as Prague’s downtown super-club. dance and space out, so say hi at Mecca and try to freak on, and get ripped. Leave no man behind. wallet on to a friend. On the other hand, impromptu this page, however. Contact our advertising Top international Djs and bands help create the best get closer at Le Clan afterwards. amateur strip shows spontaneously break out. department at [email protected] or call club atmosphere in Prague. 257 534 015 for details. The cheapest, easiest way to buy air tickets! From your computer to your hands ...instantly. www.ticketeasy.cz the prague pill February 6—20, 2003 13

Emergency Numbers travel books Police: 150 (from any public or private phone) guide.com Fire: 158 Ambulance: 155 9 10 19 Mobile emergency operator: 112 Canadian Medical Center ✹ Veleslavínská 1, Prague 6 ✹✹ CAFÉS0602 335 670 St. Nicholas Cafe (26) American Medical Center Tržiště 9 V Celnici 5, Prague 5 Just down the street from the U.S. Embassy, this 2214 33 110 mellow and cavernous bar has been the hang-out of choice for Malá Strana’s singles crowd for years. A pleasant place to take a date, enjoy a cappucci- no and play a game of chess. Self-Service Laundry

Café Louvre (29) Laundry Kings Národní třída 20 Dejvická 16, Prague 6 Louvre is a gem. A huge selection of sweets, excellent espresso, and an extensive selection of newspapers in Laundryland a variety of languages complimented by billiards. The Londýnská 71, Prague 2 French breakfast is a cheese plate, fresh vegetables, a two-egg mushroom omelet, three mini-croissants, and Na příkopě 12, Prague 1 a glass of juice for 99 crowns. Spend the day here. Vinohradská 50, Prague 2 Plzeňská 344, Prague 5 Kavárna Obecní Dům (30) Chrudimská 2a, Prague 3 Náměstí Republiky 5 Private booths and a grand piano. This Mucha-fest Cyber Laundry is a sight for sore eyes, especially during the win- Korunní 14, Prague 2 ter. You'll want to thank them for letting you even sit down. Though it's best avoided immediately pre- and post-concert, anytime is a good time for their ice cream and coffee. Taxi Services

Jazz Café 14. (31) AAA Taxi: 214 014 or 233 113 311 Opatovická 14 City Taxi: 233 103 310 This little nook (or is it a cranny?) will be playing Halo Taxi: 244 114 411 16 the same Satchmo record in one hundred years, ProfiTaxi: 231 415 161 and it'll still attract the same student crowd hanker- Taxi Praha: 266 776 677 ing for some hermelin, coffee and conversation. 8 Intimate atmosphere for intimate people. Café Konvikt (32) English-Speaking Realtors Bartolomějská 11 A two-tiered cafe where the local students drink Prague Rentals enough white wine to flood Prague. A great place Sudoměřská 13, Prague 3, Tel.: 222 718 271 to read in; a great place to be seen reading in. Aim 5 low, the ground floor is where it's at. DT Rentals Žitná 4, Prague 2, Tel.: 296 212 310 36 Kavárna Medůza (33) 30 Belgická 17 Mirrors and photos on the wall, while you sit at your Happy House Rentals grandmother's table- this is the hippest, most put-togeth- Soukenická 8, Prague 1, Tel.: 222 311 855 er place in Vinohrady. Excellent juices and coffees, com- fortable couch. Go ahead and kiss, nobody's looking. Select Hostels (year-round) Ebel (34) Týn 2 Traveller’s Hostel Ready, willing and Ebel, this Ungelt coffee shop is Dlouhá 33, Prague 1, Tel.: 224 826 662 Prague's answer to Starbucks, though much, much less evil. Mind-boggling coffee selection and the outside seating is great for people-watching. Hostel Elf Husitská 11, Prague 3, Tel.: 222 540 963 Café Franz Kafka (35) Široká 12 Clown and Bard Hostel As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy Bořivojova 102, Prague 3, Tel.: 222 716 453 dreams he found his bedroom transformed into a coffee shop… One of the best places to be alone in Týn Hostel the heart of Old Town. There is, though, an inexplic- Týnská 21, Prague 1 able terror in tearing Kafka's face open – it's print- ed on their sugar packets. 2248 08 333 37 Memories of Africa (36) Hostel U melounu Rybná/Jakubská Ke Karlovu 7, Tel.: 224 919 330 23 More beans than an English breakfast. More African than the Mau Mau. This cozy two-table room cooks Hostel Orlík 11 up some caffeine concoctions that boggle the mind. Terronská 6, Prague 6, Tel.: 224 311 240 You'll walk right by it three times before you find the door, but once you do, you'll never leave.

Lucerna Café (37) Post Offices Vodičkova 36 You're sipping coffee in an Art Deco arcade, you're Main Post Office: Jindřišská 14, Prague 1 looking through the windows, you're ashing your Staré město: Kaprova 12, Prague 1 14 cigarette, you're waiting for the exhale to answer Malá Strana: Josefská 4, Prague 1 the beautiful person across from you. You're a badass. Good coffee and interesting clientele.

The Globe (38) Car Rentals Pštrossova 6 18 Seller of used and new books, purveyors of fine Hertz: 222 231 010 coffee, meeting place of expats, expatellas and National: 224 923 719 travelers from around the world. The mocha coffee Budget: 224 889 995 is recommended, as is the veggie pocket. Internet Dvořák: 224 826 262 in the front, books in the back, English all-around, Alimex: 220 961 414 the Globe remains a Prague institution.

Wigwam (39) Hroznová 6 Health Centers One of Kampa’s many flood victims, this comfy lit- tle bar was barely open a week before being turned Canadian Medical Center: 257 211 111 into an aquarium. It's re-opened and a great sound- International Medical Services: 222 580 301 track and friendly staff make you feel at home. or 602 289 361 (emergency) Unicare: 235 356 553 or 601 201 040 Café Orange (40) (emergency) Puškinovo náměstí Prague Women’s Health Center: 251 614 686 or Snuggled between Vítězné náměstí and the American residence in Bubeneč, the only thing 603 810 076 (emergency) Orange needs is more space. The city's best fresh- American Medical Center: 220 807 756 25 33 squeezed juices – grapefruit and orange, a well- American Dental Associates: 221 181 121 thought out menu and high-grade people-watching Lucerna Music Bar (22) Clown and Bard (23) Bulldog (U Buldoka) (24) Zvonařka (25) tables in the front windows make it special. Vodičkova 36 Bořivojova 102 Preslova 1 Safaříkova 1 Credit Card Contacts One of the most genuine music scenes in Prague. On Plenty of guests at this Žižkov hostel end up staying Great food upstairs and a new club downstairs have A great view of the south city on the terrace is just Popocafepetl (41) weekends the sweltering Music Bar hosts the conti- for months without ever making it out of the build- made this roughneck ex-sports bar popular with locals. one reason to find this stylish and professionally run Vodičkova 30 VISA: 224 125 353 nent’s finest retro ’80s party. They sing, they flirt, ing. The loud, unpredictable but comfortable bar is Decent DJs spinning house music and a spacious venue. If you see a party announced here, don’t miss This is the second PPP in the city, but everyone Master Card: drink, take over the stage to the same tunes every why. Occasional live bands. Worth dropping by. dancefloor might fill up if folks don’t feel too “cool” to it. One of the best sunset drinks in town, supplement- begged us to keep the first location secret – it's like 261 354 650 Friday and Saturday. Like Bill Murray in Groundhog shake some booty. Use sparingly and at your own risk. ed by healthy and hearty Asian-inspired food. that. Most everyone we know swears by the sangria. Diners Club: 267 314 485 Day, the more you go, the more ways you will find to In the Lucerna passage closest to V jámě. One word AmEx: 222 800 111 take advantage of what’s on offer. Don’t be shy, and of caution though – ladies, watch your purses. decide on your slow-dance partner before 2:30 a.m. ☎

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A SEAFOOD SAGA 14 February 6—20, 2003 the prague pill listings v enue f inder Friday, February 7 A Studio Rubín: O.K.K.O. (live) Divadlo Pod Palmovkou: Agharta: František Kop Quartet (modern jazz) BARS AND CLUBS Zenklova 34 in P8, tel. 284 812 209 Akropolis: Dj A.L.I. & guest (hip hop, Small Scene), When Penguin Divadlo U Hasičů: Římská 45 in P2, tel. 222 516 910 Meets Beats - Djs Tall, Janef & Radimon (flute) + special guest 007 Strahov: Kolej blok 7 in P6, tel. 257 211 439 Divadlo V Celetné: Celetná 17 in P1, tel. 222 326 843 Dj Courtney (Theater Bar) Abaton: Povltavská 2175 in P8, tel.: 266 312 719 Divadlo V Dlouhé: Dlouhá třída 39 in P1, tel. 224 826 795 Balbínova Poetická Hospůdka: Svátˇa Karásek and Pozdravpánbu N H Baráčnická Rychta: Lachout (Olympic revival) Divadlo V Řeznické: T N H Agharta: Řeznická 17 in P1, tel./fax 222 230 996 T Krakovská 5 in P2, tel./fax 222 211 275 E e E Batalion: G o t Steam (Led Zeppelin, Cream, Free...) Akropolis: Kubelíkova 27 in P3, tel. 296 330 911 Duncan Centre (dance theater): Branická 41 in P4, tel. 244 461 342 Delta: Chadima & Richter At The Shot Out Eye (U Vystřelenýho Oka): U božích bojovníků 3 in P3, tel. 226 278 714 Globe Theatre: Výstaviště in P7 – Holešovice, tel. 222 711 515 Futurum: 80s & 90s party - TV show and video, Djs Jirka Neumann, Atrium: Čajkovského 12 in P3, tel.: 222 721 838 Gong: Sokolovská 191 in P9, tel.:266 311 629 Roman Pluhař, Jirka Březina & ZuzkaD Balbínova Poetická Hospůdka: Balbínova 6 in P2, tel.: 737 347 057 Image (black light theater and pantomime): Pařížská 4 in P1, tel. 222 329 191 Guru: Excelence + Djs Morse, Marek Řeřicha & E.S.W.L. (poprock, multi) Karlín (Hudební divadlo v Karlíně): Křižíkova 10 in P8, tel. 224 816 213 Imperial Jazz Café: Apendixieland Bar Pirahna: Žitná 47 in P1, tel. 222 210 350 Industry: Testament Dance Party - Djs Kavalír & Marek Řeřicha Baráčnická Rychta: Tržiště 23/555 in P1, tel. 257 532 461 Klementinum: Mariánské náměstí 5/ Karlova 1/ Křižovnická 2 in P1, tel. 221 663 111 Kain: Abraxas Batalion: 28. Října 3 in P1, tel./fax 220 108 148 Kolowrat: Ovocný trh 6 in P1, tel. 224 901 448 i KD Opatov: Takin´Off Blues Sklep: Komedie: Jungmannova 1 in P1, tel.: 224 222 734 E L Klamovka: Michal Filek + String Time Acoustic Band Liliová 10 in P1, tel. 224 248 794 ES L u ST s! La Provence: Kongresové Centrum (Congress Center): u T s! Jazz Time CZ Beat: Balbínova 26 in P2 Třída 5. Května in P4, tel.:239 071 111 t Each issue, The Pill offers valuable prizest to our Le Clan: Černá kočka: Thámova 8 in P8, tel. 224 811 102 Laterna Magika: Národní třída 4 in P1, tel. 224 914 129 G Lounge with Dj Renda and guests Lyra Pragensis – Divadlo Inspirace: astute and enthusiastic readers. Answer the Lucerna Music Bar: Pop 80s & 90s video party - Dj Jirka Neumann Černý Kůň Restaurant: Palác Lucerna, Vodičkova 36, tel. 224 212 659 Malostranské náměstí 13 in P1, tel. 261 218 570 Malostranská Beseda: Krausberry (rock) Delta: Vlastina 887 in P6, tel. 233 312 443 Malé Nosticovo Divadlo Pod Čertovkou: Hellichova street in P1 (Kampa), tel.: 241 768 555 question before the gifts run out, and one will be Mánes: Tropicana (Latino-American night) Dr. Voják: Plzeňská 221/130 in P5 (Motol), tel.:777 123 356 Metro: Národní třída 25 in P1, tel.: 221 085 201 yours. SMS your answer to to 603 481 443 or Mecca: Dj Peter Moskito, Dj Neo and guest, Hip Hop and Old School Fraktal Bar: Minor: Vodičkova 6 in P1, tel. 222 231 351 C’Lounge by Dj Omar Šmeralova in P7, tel. 723 108 805 email to [email protected]. Please include a valid Meloun: Futurum: Zborovská 7 in P5, tel. 257 328 571 Miriam: Ke Strašnické 10 in P10, tel: 604 541 680 Czechoslovakian discotheque with Djs Balda and Kříča, Montmartre: email address and your first choice of the prizes. Karaoke Caruso Show Guru: Rokycanova 29 in P3, tel. 222 783 463 Řetězová 7 in P1, tel.: 272 911 491 Metropolitan Jazz Club: The Senior Swingers (swing evergreens) Hájek: Ovčí hájek 2549 in P13, tel. 251 614 453 Národní Divadlo (National Theater): Národní třída 2 in P1, tel. 224 901 448 Mlejn: Fuck da Karot (ethno hard core), M.Z.H. (punk), Affe Afekt Hells Bells: Na Bělidle 27 in P5, tel. 257 320 436 National Marionette Theatre: Žatecká 1 in P1, tel. 224 819 322, Novotného lávka 1 in P1 The Question: Revival band (tekno), Ginnungagap Obecní dům: náměstí Republiky 5 in P1, tel. 222 002 336 Which nationality is not currently represented on Mrtvá Vrána: Dj Liquid A (latino, reggae, funky music), free entry Chateau: Jakubská 2 in P1, tel. 222 316 328 Nebe: Imperial Jazz Café: Na Porící 15/1072, P-1, tel.: 224 816 308 Paegas Arena (formerly Sportovní hala): Výstaviště in P7 – Holešovice the Car Busters staff? Dj Kuba Soulcheck Pidivadlo: Prosek: Vyhoukaná sova Industry: Vinohradská 40 in P2, tel. 608 754 051 Letohradská 44 in P7, tel.: 233 375 706-7 Radost FX: Robodisco - Dj Hakan Lidbo (Paperecordings, Swe) - live Jáma (The Hollow): V Jámě 7 in P1, tel. 224 222 383 Ponec (dance theater): Husitská 24a in P3, tel. 224 817 886 + Dj Tvyks (CZ) Rokoko: 1. British Jo’s Bar and Garage: Malostranské náměstí 7 in P1, tel. 262 971 478 Václavské náměstí 38 in P1, tel. 224 217 113 2. American Reduta: Vlasta Průchová & Co. Kafárna Na Kus Řeči: Rudolfinum: Alšovo nábřeží 12 in P1, tel. 224 893 352 Rock Café: Gypsy Night - Bengas + Dj Maara Bezručovy Sady 1 in P2, tel.:222 512 580 3. Finnish Roxy: Bugget Out!...Viva Acid House - Djs Justin Robertson (UK) + Phil Kain: Husitská 1 in P3, tel. 603 483 283 Solidarita: Solidarity 1986 in P10, tel.: 274 815 296 Státní Opera (State Opera): Kieran (UK), support by Dan Cooley, Deep Lounge Chill Out - Airto, Kavárna Na Půl Cesty: Central Park in P4 (Pankrác), tel.:290 052 615 Wilsonova 4 in P2, tel. 296 117 111 4. Czech Lucas KC Kaštan: Bělohorská 150 in P6, tel. 233 353 020 Stavovské Divadlo (Estates Theater): Ovocný trh 1 in P1, tel. 224 901 448 Salmovská literární kavárna: Ester Kočičková & Lubomír Nohavica KC Zahrada: Malenická 1784 in P11, tel. 271 910 246 Španělská synagoga (Spanish synagogue): Vězeňská street in P1, tel. 224 810 099 Sedm Vlků: Djs Infinity & Beast67 (d´n´b) Švandovo Divadlo: Štefánikova 57 in P5, tel. 257 321 333 ■ U Malého Glena: Robert Balzar (modern jazz) KD Opatov: Opatovská 1754, P-4: Jižní Město, tel.: 272 941 401 Clou Ultramarin: Klamovka: Ta Fantastika: Karlova 8 in P1, tel./fax 222 221 366 Dj David Bowles Podbělohorská 3 in P5, tel. 257 220 165-6 Ungelt: 3x2 tickets, Tuesday, February 18 at Rock Café Ungelt Jazz´N´Blues Club: Luboš Andršt Blues Band feat. Ramblin Rex Klub CI-5: Moulíkova 5 in P5, tel. 603 572 271 Malá Štupartská 1 in P1, tel. 224 828 082 Vagon: Palice + Uširváč (Hudba Praha revival), Reggae party at midnight Klub v Jelení: Jelení 15 in P1, tel. 233 357 666, 233 350 120 Viola: Národní třída 7 in P1, tel. 224 220 844 Wakata: Djs Saku & Slávek (breakbeat) La Casa Blů: Kozí 15 in P1, tel. 224 818 270 ■ Big Fire Hat no.3 XT3: Booyaka team - Fat Free Georgina, Maxim, Dave Wave & La Provence: Mefuzo (d´n´b, ragga) Štupartská 9, P-1, tel.: 290 054 510 KINOS 2 tickets, Saturday, February 22 at Abaton Železná: Vertigo (space modern jazz) Le Clan: Balbínova 23 in P2 007 Strahov: Bassbeast (jungle) Legends Music and Sports Café: Týn 1 Ungelt in P1, tel. 224 895 404 Aero: Lucerna Music Bar: Biskupcova 31 in P3, tel. 271 771 349 ■ Alfred ve Dvoře: Vodičkova 36 in P1, tel. 224 215 957 Bio Roxy: see clubs – Roxy Mix (Timmy S.) All the Only Ones (poetic dance performance, chore- Lucerna: Štěpánská 61 in P1, tel. 224 212 003 ography by A. Stodolová) at 8 Blaník: Václavské náměstí 56 in P1, tel. 224 032 172 2 tickets, Friday, February 14 at Roxy All Colours Theatre: Faust (black light theater) at 8:30 M1: Masná 1 in P1 Budějovická: Animato: Magická Zahrada: Budějovická 1667 in P4, tel. 261 382 297 Rock Therapy - Beatles Story (black light theater) at 8:30 Národní 6 in P1, tel.:224 931 358 Čajovna pod Stromem čajovým (Tea Room): Mánesova 55 in P2, tel. 222 251 045 ■ Činoherní Klub: Misanthrope (Moliére, in Czech) at 7:30 Malostranská Beseda: Malostranské náměstí 21 in P1, tel. 257 532 092 Delta: see clubs – Delta Flaming Lips Damúza: Escorial (M. de Ghelderode, in Czech) at 8 Mánes: Masarykovo nábr. 250, P-1, tel.: 224 931 112 Divadlo Jiřího Grossmanna: Wow - 3D black light theater show at 8 Dlabačov: Hotel Pyramida, Bělohorská 24 in P6, tel. 233 355 109 2 tickets, Saturday, March 2 at Akropolis Divadlo V Celetné: The Cripple of Inishmaan (M. McDonagh, in Czech) at 7:30 Marquis de Sade: Templová 8 in P1, tel. 224 817 505 Eden: U Slávie 1 in P10, tel. 272 737 551 Mecca: Image: The Best of Image (black light theater) at 8 U Průhonu 3 in P7, tel. 283 871 520 Edison: Hlavní 1402 in P4, tel. 272 767 667 Komedie: Hamlet (W. Shakespeare, performed by the Klicperovo Meloun: Michalská 12 in P1, tel. 224 230 126-7 Evald: Národní 28 in P1, tel. 221 105 225 divadlo, in Czech) at 7:30 Metropolitan Jazz Club: Jungmannova 14 in P1, tel. 224 947 777 Evropa: Vítězné náměstí 4 in P6, tel. 220 219 069 Kongresové Centrum: Chicago (F. Ebb, B. Fosse, musical, in Czech) at 7 Mlejn: Kovářova 1615/4 in P13 – Stodůlky, tel./fax 226 522 507 The French Institute: Laterna Magika: Ulysses at 8 Štěpánská 35 in P1, tel. 221 401 011 Malé Nosticovo Divadlo: Vagina Monologues (E. Ensler, in Czech) at 8 Modrá Vopice: Spojovací 1901 in P9 The Hungarian Institute: Rytířská 27 in P1, tel. 224 222 424 Mrtvá Vrána: Národní Divadlo: The Lantern (A. Jirásek, in Czech) at 7 Žerotínova 31, P-3, tel.: 777 171 075 Hvězda: Václavské náměstí 38 in P1, tel. 224 216 822 Valentine’s Day NoD: Dark Love Sonnets - life of F.G. Lorca and R.R. Rapún (poetic Music Bar U Buldoka: Preslova 1 in P5, tel. 257 329 154 Illusion: Vinohradská 48 in P2, tel. 222 520 379 Fenruary 14th theater, music - Miriam Bayle, in Czech) at 8 N11: Národní 11 in P1, tel. 222 075 109 The Italian Culture Institute: Šporkova 14 in P1, tel. 257 533 600 Obecní Dům: Michal Novenko - organ concert (J. Brahms, G. Na Slamníku: Wolkerova 12 in P6, tel. 723 403 447 Jalta: Václavské náměstí 43 in P1, tel. 224 228 814 Frescobaldi, H. Howells) at 5 Nebe: Křemencova 10 in P1, tel.:224 930 343 Rokoko: The Marriage Certificate (E. Kishon, in Czech) at 7 Kino 63 at Rock Café: see clubs – Rock Café Státní Opera: La Traviata (G. Verdi) at 7 NoD: Dlouhá 33 in P1 (above Roxy), tel. 224 826 330 Kotouč Film Club: VŠK 17. Listopadu, Pátkova 3/A1402 in P8, tel. 233 551 040 – 45 Stavovské Divadlo: Twelfth Night (W. Shakespeare, in Czech) at 7 Norton: Dušní 15 in P1, tel.:608 022 477 Kotva: Náměstí Republiky 8 in P1, tel. 224 811 482 Švandovo Divadlo: Killer Joe (T. Letts, in Czech) at 7 Poetická Kavárna Obratník: Jindřicha Plachty 28 in P5, tel. 257 327 446 Lucerna: Vodičkova 36 in P1, tel. 224 216 972, 3 Ta Fantastika: Aspects of Alice (black light theater) at 9:30 Prosek: Jablonecká 322, P-9, tel.: 286 884 212 Mat: Karlovo náměstí 19 in P2, tel. 224 915 765 Punto Azul: Kroftova 1 in P5 Městská knihovna(Film Club at the City Library): Mariánské náměstí 1 in P1, tel. 222 113 425 Saturday, February 8 Radost FX: Bělehradská 120 in P2, tel. 224 254 776 Modřanský Biograf: U Kina 44 in P4, tel. 241 772 832 Red Hot and Blues: Jakubská 12 in P1, tel. 222 323 364 Morava: A Studio Rubín: Muff & Marcel Bárta Boleslavova 13a in P4, tel. 241 403 456 Agharta: Red Room: Křemencova 17 in P1 Oko: Františka Křížka 15 in P7, tel. 233 375 675 Roman Pokorný Trio (modern jazz) Reduta: Akropolis: Rude Audio (Small Scene), The Tchendos - Djs (freestyle, Národní 20 in P1, tel. 224 912 264 Ořechovka: Na Ořechovce 30 in P6, tel. 233 343 839 Theater Bar) Rock Café: Národní 20 in P1, tel. 224 914 416 Perštýn: Na Perštýně 6 in P1, tel. 221 668 432 Balbínova Poetická Hospůdka: Těla Rocky Reilly’s: Štěpánská 32 in P1 Ponrepo: Bartolomějská 11 in P1, tel. 224 233 281 Baráčnická Rychta: Munka Sosztali (HU, CZ) Roxy: Dlouhá 33 in P1, tel. 224 826 296 Praha Art: Václavské náměstí 17 in P1, tel. 222 245 881 Batalion: Odnikud nikam Salmovská literární kavárna: Salmovská 16, P-2, tel.: 224 919 364 Světozor: Vodičkova 41 in P1, tel. 224 947 566 Futurum: 80s & 90s party - TV show and video, Djs Jirka Neumann, Scarlett’s: Roman Pluhař, Jirka Březina & ZuzkaD Mostecká 21 in P1, tel. 257 532 649 Železná Art Kino: see clubs – Železná Guru: Hookers + Ševcovský Pop, Dj Murphy (system beat) Sedm vlků: Vlkova 7 in P3 Imperial Jazz Café: Apendixieland Sky Club Brumlovka: Vyskočilova 2 in P4, tel. 241 484 153 Industry: Attention! - Dj Dan Cooley Swamp: Újezd 5 in P1 MULTIKINOS Kain: Maria Scare Tendr Club: Parížská 6, P-1, tel.: 224 813 605 KD Opatov: Dexxter, Fialky, Mayflowers (rock) The Thirsty Dog: Klamovka: Prádelna (rock) Elišky Krásnohorské 5 in P1, tel. 222 310 039 Cinema City Galaxie: Arkalycká 874 in P4, tel. 267 900 567 La Provence: Vesna Anima Trojka: Prokopova 16 in P3 Cinema City Zličín: Řevnická 1 in P5, tel. 257 950 966 Le Clan: Moonshine with Dj Brian and guest U Buldoka: Preslova 1, P-5, tel.: 257 329 154 Ládví: Burešova 1662 in P8, tel. 286 587 027 Lucerna Music Bar: Pop 80s & 90s video party - Dj Jirka Neumann U Malého Glena: Karmelitská 23 in P1, tel. 257 531 717 Mini Multikino Modřany: Sofijské nám. in P4, tel. 244 402 256 Magická Zahrada: Pragasón - La Música Cubana En Praga (son U Staré Paní: Michalská 9 in P1, tel. 224 228 090 Palace Cinemas Hostivař: Park Hostivař, Švehlova 32 in P10, tel. 257 181 212 cubano, latin jazz) Újezd: Malostranská Beseda: Žáha (blues, soul) Újezd 18 in P1 Palace Cinemas Letňany: Veleská 663 in P9, tel. 257 181 212 Mánes: Czechoslovakian Party - mix Ultramarin: Ostrovní 32 in P1, tel. 224 932 249 Palace Cinemas Nový Smíchov: Plzeňská 8 in P5, tel. 257 181 212 Mecca: Camouflage - Djs Chris Sadler, Formi and guest, C’Lounge Ungelt Jazz’N’Blues Club: Týn 2 in P1, tel. 224 895 748 Palace Cinemas Slovanský dům: Na Příkopě 22 in P1, tel. 257 181 212 by Dj A.L.I. Unijazz: Jindřišská 5 in P1, tel. 222 240 901 Village Cinemas Anděl: Radlická in P5, tel. 251 115 111 Meloun: Czechoslovakian discotheque with Djs Balda and Kříča Vagon: Národní 25 in P1, tel. 221 085 599 Village Cinemas Černý Most: Chlumecká 8 in P9, tel. 266 790 999, 0811 Metropolitan Jazz Club: The Senior Swingers (swing evergreens) Wakata: Mlejn: Punk-Rock Festival - Proklenný Wokno, Flattus, First Choice, Malířská 14 in P7, tel. 223 370 518 Bublifuck, Salash XT3: Pod plynojemem 5 in P8, tel. 284 825 826 Modrá Vopice: Šántí, Zen + Méďa Péďa (rock) Zion: Cimburkova 14 in P3 VIDEO RENTALS Mrtvá Vrána: Dj Spin and guest (new house music dimension), free entry Zoo Bar: Jilská 18 in P1, tel. 604 231 684 Nebe: Dj Moskito+ Guest Zvonařka: Šafaříkova 1 in P2, tel. 224 251 990 Video Express: Prokopská 3 in P1, tel. 257 535 139 and 604 302 126 Radost FX: Open House - Djs Fafa Monteco (Fra), Paco (Fra), Maxx, Železná: Video Gourmet: Contrary to popular belief, Valentine’s Day was Chris Quadrant Železná 16 in P1, tel. 224 239 697 Jakubská 12 in P1, tel. 222 323 364 Reduta: Jana Koubková & Bossanova Band Video To Go: Čelakovského sady 12 in P2, tel. 224 235 098 and not invented by Bohemia Sekt. It was invented Rock Café: Slot, Shade & U-Prag, Dj Murphy Vítězné náměstí 10 in P6, tel. 224 318 981 by a much larger corporation, the Catholic Roxy: Bush - jungle session - special guest Dj Matrix (UK), support SELECT THEATERS AND CONCERT HALLS Virus Video: Templová 8 in P1, tel. 723 671 637 Djs Koogi, Gabanna, 2K, Down Tempo Chill Out - Stanzim, Blue Church. At the end of the 5th century A.D., Pope Sedm Vlků: Djs Hellium & Rido (oldschool, jungle, ragga) A Studio Rubín: Malostranské náměstí 9 in P1, tel./fax 257 535 191 Gelasius declared Feb. 14 St. Valentine’s Day, U Malého Glena: Robert Balzar (modern jazz) Akcent: Ultramarin: Dj Mist (trip hop, funk, acidjazz) Ostrovského 3 in P5, tel.:257 003 281 SELECT GALLERIES in honor a martyred Roman priest who is said Ungelt Jazz´N´Blues Club: Luboš Andršt Blues Band feat. Ramblin Rex Alfréd ve Dvoře: Františka Křížka 36 in P7, tel. 233 376 997 Vagon: Vrať se do hrobu + Rock´n´Roll Gang, Rockotheque at midnight All Colours Theatre (black light theater): Rytířská 31 in P1, tel. 221 610 173 Austrian Cultural Institute: Jungmannovo nám. 18 in P1 to have performed secret marriages for star- Wakata: Djs Beatz Smokin´Weedz (reggae) Animato: Na Příkopě 10 (Palác Savarin) in P1, tel.: 281 930 740 Czech Museum of Fine Art: Husova 19-21 in P1, tel. 222 220 218 crossed lovers. The middle of February was XT3: Garden Zitty soundsystem - Djs Errphorz, Shin, Falty bross & Archa: Na Poříčí 26 in P1, tel. 222 328 800 Galerie Bayer & Bayer: Mc Dr. Kary (ragga, jungle) Retezová 7 in P1 chosen to commemorate the anniversary of the Železná: Mladá Kref - Blue Crystals (blues) at 5, Šavle Meče (jazzfunk) Branické Divadlo: Branická 411/63 in P4, tel.:244 462 813 Galerie Display: Bubenská 3 in P7 007 Strahov: Djs Orion, Each & Wich (hip hop) Činoherní klub: Ve Smečkách 26 in P1, tel. 296 222 123 Galerie Mánes: Masarykovo nábr. 250 in P1 saint’s death and/or to Christianize an existing Damúza: Řetězová 10 in P1, tel. 608 52 06 90 Galerie Rudolfinum: Nám. Jana Palacha in P1, tel. 224 893 111 pagan festival called Lupercalia, a fertility fes- Alfred ve Dvoře: Figures in a Landscape (P. Nadaud, dance theater) at 8 Dejvické Divadlo: Zelená 15a in P6, tel. 233 332 430 HOME Gallery: Truhlárská 8 in P1 tival dedicated to the God Faunus. All Colours Theatre: Faust (black light theater) at 8:30 Disk: Karlova 26 in P1, tel. 221 111 087 Josef Sudek Atelier: Újezd 30 in P1 Animato: Rock Therapy - Beatles Story (black light theater) at 8:30 The oldest valentine still in existence was writ- Archa: Café Music - Kateryna Kolcová (songs, in the café of the Divadlo ABC: Vodičkova 28 in P1, tel. 224 212 585 Leica Gallery Prague: Burgrave’s Palace at Prague Castle Archa theater) at 7 Divadlo Bez Zábradlí: Jungmannova 31 in P1, tel.:224 946 436 Obcení dum: Nám. Republiky 5 in P1, tel. 222 002 336 ten in 1415 by the Duke of Orleans to his wife Branické Divadlo: The Open Couple (D. Fo, in Czech) at 2 Divadlo Jiřího Grossmanna: Václavské nám 43 in P1, tel. 224 211 911 Obcení galerie beseda: Malostranské nám. 21 in P1 from his cell in the Tower of London (you can see Divadlo ABC: An Ideal Husband (O. Wilde, in Czech) at 5 Divadlo Na Fidlovačce: Křesomyslova 625 in P4, tel. 241 404 040 Prague City Gallery at House at the Stone Bell: Staromestské nám. 13 in P1, tel. 224 827 526 Divadlo Bez Zábradlí: Oh Romeo (E. Kishon, in Czech) at 7 Divadlo Na Prádle: Besední 3 in P1, tel. 257 320 421 Prague City Gallery at the Municipal Library: it at the British Museum). By the 1700s the mid- Divadlo Jiřího Grossmanna: Wow - 3D black light theater show at 8 Mariánské nám. 1 in P1 Divadlo Na Fidlovačce: The Marriage (N.V. Gogol, in Czech) at 3 and 7:30 Divadlo Na Vinohradech: Náměstí míru 7 in P2, tel. 224 257 601 Prague City Gallery at Old Town Hall: Staromestské nám. 1 in P1, tel. 224 482 751 February exchange of handwritten love notes and Divadlo Na Zábradlí: Happy End (D. Lane, in Czech) at 5 Divadlo Na Zábradlí: Anenské náměstí 5 in P1, tel. 222 222 026 Veletržní palác: Dukelských hrdinu 47 in P7, tel. 224 301 003 small gifts was common in Britain and the Divadlo V Celetné: The Fox (D.H. Lawrence, in Czech) at 4, All in the Timing (D. Ives, in Czech) at 8 Colonies. The whole card business got going Divadlo V Řeznické: The Collector (J. Fowles, in Czech) at 7:30 Do you know something we don’t? Didn’t find your favorite club here? Did you just open a new place? around the end of the 18th century, and really Image: The Best of Image (black light theater) at 8 Let us know at [email protected]! Laterna Magika: Ulysses at 8 took off in the 1840s with the introduction of Malé Nosticovo Divadlo: Vagina Monologues (E. Ensler, in Czech) at 8 mass-produced valentines in the United States. Metro: Carmen (P. Merimée, in Czech, drama) at 3 Národní Divadlo: Macbeth (G. Verdi, opera) at 7 In the Czech Republic, Valentine’s is a relatively NoD: The Golem (G. Meyrink, in Czech) at 8 Rokoko: Closer (P. Marber, in Czech) at 7 new (post-1989) holiday. Instead of hearts and Státní Opera: Nabucco (G. Verdi) at 7 Cupid’s arrows, this country had scythes and hoes, Stavovské Divadlo: Mary Stuart (F. Schiller, in Czech) at 2 and 7 Švandovo Divadlo: Volpone (B. Johnson, in Czech) at 7 which were hung to celebrate the Communist insti- Ta Fantastika: Aspects of Alice (black light theater) at 9:30 tuted International Day of Women (March 8th). Celebrate both. “Look and drink our real Things to do on Valentine’s Day: heart” •Pack a thermos of hot wine and a blanket and climb Petřín hill. Friday, February 14, •Hit Mecca’s Valentine Night party. Leave early and walk around Holesovice. St. Valentine •Flowers! •Cheese baskets are nice. •Get a hotel room in the city you live in. (Clean sheets!) •Clean the apartment. •Body oil. •Nothing says “I love you” like local liquor. La Casa Blů ı Kozí 15, Praha 1 the prague pill February 6—20, 2003 15 listings Sunday, February 9 Agharta: Roman Pokorný Trio (modern jazz) Akropolis: Djs Yanizz & Psixer (Small Scene), Pro Sound System - Djs Liquid A & Kryshpeen, Mc Dr. Kary (reggae, dancehall, dub, Theater Bar) Balbínova Poetická Hospůdka: Irish Dew (Celtic music) BOOKS Batalion: Hard Rock Café Zlatá Hvězda Guru: Dj Andrew K (techno) Sport Bar Malostranská Beseda: Go´Lash (A. Lantern, in Czech, performed by the Divadlo Lucerna MB) at 8:30 Metropolitan Jazz Club: The Senior Swingers (swing evergreens) Ve Smečkách 12, P1 end up fall-down drunk and not Nebe: Dj Downtempo much more. The same effect ñ i.e., Reduta: Staří psi Tel. 222 210 124 Rock Café: Music Bar - free entry! intoxication ñ can be obtained from U Malého Glena: Leimonarion Jam Session - come to jam! www.sportbar.cz scotch, rum, vodka and even the ubiq- Ungelt Jazz´N´Blues Club: Luboš Andršt Blues Band feat. Ramblin Rex Vagon: Gothart (Balkan world music) All NFL and championships live uitous pivo. Absinthe hallucinations Wakata: Dj Tuvok (breakbeat) Gangs Bang XT3: Sunday breakz Free of charge are for liars, tourists or wannabe Železná: Poetry in the Twilight. Music and Poetry. Open Mic in Romantics. Sorry. English at 5, Correct Groove Quartet (groove jazz) 007 Strahov: Dr. Woggle and the Radio (GER), Fast Food (ska, reggae) Enter the nostalgia: Absinthe was once much, much stronger. In the A Studio Rubín: Tracy´s Tiger (W. Saroyan, in Czech) at 7:30 Ian Sen Alfred ve Dvoře: Bliss (V. Švejda, dance theater, scenic comics & pan- Monday, February 10th at Roxy Belle Epoque, the wormwood/alcohol tomime) at 8 Green Fairies ratio was more like 260-350 parts per All Colours Theatre: Faust (black light theater) at 8:30 Animato: Rock Therapy - Beatles Story (black light theater) at 8:30 million. Any schmuck with a paint- Divadlo Bez Zábradlí: The Dinner Game (F. Veber, in Czech) at 7 Divadlo Jiřího Grossmanna: Wow - 3D black light theater show at 8 New York’s gangs, Europe’s booze make a lethal mix. brush could do a few shots and paint Divadlo Na Zábradlí: Arabian Night (R. Schimmelpfennig, scenic read- Sunflowers. Any asshole with a fountain ing, in Czech) at 7 Reviews by Joshua Cohen Divadlo V Celetné: The Cripple of Inishmaan (M. McDonagh, in Czech) at 7:30 pen could write this line: ìAbsinthe, Divadlo V Řeznické: Romeo and Jeannette (J. Anouilh, in Czech) at 7:30 mere des bonheursî (ìAbsinthe, mother Kongresové Centrum: The Sound of Music (R. Rodgers, O. Hammerstein, musical, in Czech) at 7 of all happinessî) and dissipate into an Malé Nosticovo Divadlo: Vagina Monologues (E. Ensler, in Czech) at 8 early grave and posthumous fame. Národní Divadlo: The Child and the Enchantements/ Sinfonietta (M. Ravel, L. Janáček, ballet) at 2 and 7 Still, as alcohol, absinthe is harsh, Ponec: Archa Adrift! - Phasing, Sour Milk, Shadow (dance theater, The Gangs of New York of infamy ñ it slips into the explana- potent stuff. If only the booze went performed by CandoCo, UK) at 8 Státní Opera: The Magic Flute (W.A. Mozart) at 2 tions and understandings archetype down as easily as the book. The Stavovské Divadlo: Xerxes (G.F. Händel, opera) at 7 By Herbert Asbury Ta Fantastika: Aspects of Alice (black light theater) at 9:30 Arrow Press (1927/2002) and myth provide. Dedalus Book of Absinthe, ably written 366 pages And infamy isnít the only word by Phil Baker, is a well-researched Monday, February 10 defined. The appended glossary enti- and entertaining wealth of fact and tled ìThe Slang of Early Gangstersî fancy, anecdotes and information Agharta: Saxtime (modern jazz) The seven-member Ian Sen band is playing the Akropolis: Ajn Kesl Buntes - Djs Vanja & Hujer (Small Scene), Dj includes words derived from English, about the Green Fairy (or Green Baltazar & guest (latino, lounge, Theater Bar) Roxy for the third time, and like the other two espite the enormity of New York Hibernian English, Gaelic, Yiddish, Death or Green Ghost or Green any- Balbínova Poetická Hospůdka: Jaroslav Samson Lenk times, this is the free show of the month. A Batalion: Apres Ski Party City, the universe is mostly empty. Italian and early Ebonics. A selection thing). Interspersed with historical Guru: Jam with Bohuš Matuš (improvisational show) “drum’n’funky-pop act” (their words) with a Kain: Long Queue DIn proving this emptiness, physi- of words imparted meanings not accounts of absintheís production Malostranská Beseda: The Original Prague Syncopated Orchestra strong dose of dance energy, you might know cists recognized something humanity found in Websterís, or wholly invent- Meloun: Rock and Oldies Party with Radio Beat Djs them from their hit “Shake It,” a staple on Radio Metropolitan Jazz Club: The Senior Swingers (swing evergreens) had intuited for eons. And this empty ed, includes: Sam or the Bens, who are Nebe: Dj Downtempo 1. Ian Sen plays all over town, but Free Mondays universe is amoral. Philosophers who fools or idiots, and to snitchel the blokeís Reduta: P.J. Ryba Trio has been hot lately, and this is the place to Rock Café: Music Bar - free entry! trained this emptiness inward were gigg, which is to smash someoneís Roxy: Free Mondays - Ian Sen (live), Tchendos Djs Ottoman + catch them while you can. ■Hádrová Wokurka (free entry) only theorizing a long-held suspicion. nose. As in, ìAnyone who wouldnít Salmovská literární kavárna: Vladimír Merta Natural disasters terrifically referred to read The Gangs of New York is a Sam or Sedm Vlků: Dj Brada (acid jazz) The EU prohibits U Malého Glena: Stan the Man Bohemian Blues Band as Acts of God, and inevitable tragedies one of the Bens, and someone Ungelt Jazz´N´Blues Club: Lukáš Martínek Blues Band of happenstance and wrong timing, should snitchel those blokesí giggs.î Vagon: Pod Černý vrch Open House Party absinthe containing Wakata: Dj Matoa & Mc Adrenalin (d´n´b) Saturday February 8th at Radost FX are amoral occurrences, inexplicable Or in this more able example from XT3: Djs Skywalker & Cashmeer (down pulse) more than 10mg of the Železná: processes shackled to unstoppable, the glossary, ìHe told Jack as how Bill The Soft Winds Jazz Trio & jazznika (modern jazz) directionless power. And the only had flimped a yack, and pinched a Akcent: Out at Sea (S. Mrožek, in Czech), The Bald Soprano (E. stuff per kilogram of Ionesco, in Czech) at 7 moral force in the universe as we know swell of a spark fawney, and had sent Alfred ve Dvoře: Mur-Mur (visual theater, performed by Stage Code, it is us humans. the yack to church, and got half a alcohol, meaning if you CH, CZ) at 8 All Colours Theatre: Faust (black light theater) at 8:30 century and a finniff for the fawney.î Animato: Rock Therapy - Beatles Story (black light theater) at 8:30 The reason for this volumeís re- drink enough you’ll end Disk: Mighty Aphrodite (W. Allen, in Czech) at 7:30 Divadlo Bez Zábradlí: The Gamblers (N.V. Gogol, in Czech) at 7 release (and itís a pity one was neces- up fall-down drunk and Divadlo Jiřího Grossmanna: Wow - 3D black light theater show at 8 sary) is Martin Scorseseís new film of Divadlo Na Fidlovačce: The Rainmaker (R. Nash, in Czech) at 7:30 Divadlo Na Zábradlí: The Terrace (J.-C. Carriére, in Czech) at 7 the same title, due to arrive in Prague not much more. Divadlo U Hasičů: Don´t Drink the Water (W. Allen, in Czech) at 7 Divadlo V Celetné: The Awakening (J. Garner, in Czech) at 7:30 cinemas in May. A movie screen is flat, Image: Fiction (black light theater) at 8 and movies are a flattening, a trans- Kolowrat: Vor dem Ruhestand (T. Bernhard, in Czech) at 7 Laterna Magika: Ulysses at 8 ference of a lived-in universe to an Ponec: Archa Adrift! - Phasing, Sour Milk, Shadow (dance theater, empty rectangle suspended in the performed by CandoCo, UK) at 8 Rokoko: The Lion in Winter (J. Goldman, in Czech) at 7 void. Film as a medium, no matter and legislation are debauched acc- Rudolfinum: Doležal Quartet (Smetana, Míča, Janáček) at 7:30 plot structure or shot sequence, is ounts excerpted from the writings of Státní Opera: The Magic Flute (W.A. Mozart) at 7 Stavovské Divadlo: The Idiot (F.M. Dostoyevsky, in Czech) at 7 inherently linear. Each present image famous debauchees, among them Studio Ypsilon: The Boy Mother of Rátót (G. Schwajda, in Czech) at 7:30 The warm-up party kicks off on a special tram immediately renders null the previ- Hemingway, Picasso and Van Gogh. Švandovo Divadlo: Volpone (B. Johnson, in Czech) at 7 leaving from Malostranské nám at 10 p.m. and Ta Fantastika: Aspects of Alice (black light theater) at 9:30 ous image, which itself replaced, and Also surveyed are the rituals of liba- Ungelt: Tell Me On a Sunday (A.L. Weber, D. Black, in Czech) at 7:55 finishes around midnight, when it pulls up in front warrants, its previous image. Iím tion, including digressions on the of Radost FX. Tram ride includes: Music by resi- eager to see the filmed version, for appropriate hardware. Those who Tuesday, February 11 dent DJ Chris Chemist and David Bowles, free the very reason that Asburyís person- think a shot glass, a spoon, sugar and Agharta: Gera Band (modern jazz) beer and vodka and American Bull. This ride alities are each an individual flat a lighter are sufficient for an interest- Akropolis: Future Line (Big Hall), Dj Zhulenos Aires & guest (elektro, acidtek through town should definitely warm you up & freestyle, Small Scene), Hip Hop - Djs A.L.I. & Emmitt (Theater Bar) image, a proposal or role, and their ing Saturday night are in for an edu- Balbínova Poetická Hospůdka: Radůza before you moving into Radost to hear the found- Baráčnická Rychta: Pavel Sedláček & Cadillac lives seem a mere moment. Asburyís cation. Ever hear of mainlining pure Batalion: Läpplae ing member of Superfunk duo DJ Fafa Monteco gangsters were molded into destinies, wormwood? When you recover from Guru: Dj Kyslík (tekhouse) /Marseille. They’ll be joined by Open House resi- Kafárna Na Kus Řeči: Hardbeat Rockers (rock) into honors and tribal lines they died that, you might want to have some Kain: Folimanka Blues dents DJ Paco, Maxx and Renda. The night will be for, hopefully leaving someone else, green eggs and ham (of Dr. Seuss KC Zahrada: 2+2 Sax Quartet (jazz) packed thick with funky house and tech-house La Provence: Chanson through their seed or their loyalty, to fame) for Sunday brunch ñ green Le Clan: Tropical Heat with Dj Mucho and guests rhythms, and the video set is in the hands of VJ replace them. eggs made green from absinthe, a Lucerna Music Bar: Prague International Blue Night ´05 - Albert Lee ■ & Hogan´s Heroes (UK) master Milan Perplex. Enjoy the ride. Hádrová As humans with the free will to recommended hangover remedy. Malostranská Beseda: Bluesberry Mánes: Old Gold Canal Jazz Band question free will, we have evolved Meloun: 80s Party with Radio Kiss Djs an awkwardly opposed idea: infamy. Metropolitan Jazz Club: Ivo Cíl Trio (swing evergreens) Nebe: Dj Liquid A In specific usage: a strange populari- Reduta: Matěj Benko Latin Quintet Bosworth and Waawe ty, an evil fame, an elevation of a The Dedalus Book Rock Café: Free Zone - S´N´C - free entry! Tuesday, February 11th at Akropolis of Absinthe Salmovská literární kavárna: Puca Rua (traditional Irish music) somehow defensible villain. The infa- Sedm Vlků: Fatal Noise Djs (jungle, techno) mous murderer seems somehow U Malého Glena: Stan the Man “In Duo” By Phil Baker Ungelt Jazz´N´Blues Club: Lukáš Martínek Blues Band amoral, especially when murdering Dedalus (2003) Vagon: jam session - free entry! Wakata: Dj Liquid A (collector´s choice) his own. The murder is expected and 296 pages XT3: Dj Saku (breakbeat) necessary. The murder affirms the Železná: Zuzana Dumková Group (vocal original music) 007 Strahov: Djs Pold.1K & Reverb (jungle night) existences of the murderer and the murdered, and anyway the murderer All Colours Theatre: Faust (black light theater) at 8:30 Animato: Rock Therapy - Beatles Story (black light theater) at 8:30 will eventually end up murdered tís for export only. Who would Disk: Disco Pigs (E. Walsh, in Czech) at 7:30 himself. It is their inextricable fates. want it here? Absinthe ñ and you Divadlo ABC: The Ash and Akvavit (B. Ahlfors, in Czech) at 7 Divadlo Jiřího Grossmanna: Wow - 3D black light theater show at 8 This reprinted volume of nonfic- Ihavenít heard it here first, folks ñ is Divadlo Na Fidlovačce: Katharina Knie (C. Zuckmayer, in Czech) at 7:30 tion (first published in 1927) by a lie. Itís shit. And it shits all over your Divadlo Na Vinohradech: Lysistrata (Aristophanes, in Czech) at 7 Divadlo Na Zábradlí: The Dresser (R. Harwood, in Czech, performed by Herbert Asbury is set in a portion of mornings-after. Itís for Czechs to give the Divadlo V Dlouhé) at 7 Divadlo V Celetné: The Cripple of Inishmaan (M. McDonagh, in Czech) at 7:30 this universe named Five Points ñ to non-Czechs as presents and for Image: Fiction (black light theater) at 8 New Yorkís amoral heart. There, in tourists to haul home, wrapped safely Kolowrat: Not Just Hamlet - Radovan Lukavský Beneficium at 7 Komedie: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (B. Brecht, in Czech) at 7:30 the 19th and early 20th centuries, in their suitcases, to set on their Laterna Magika: Ulysses at 8 men like Monk Eastman ñ alias home liquor shelves and never open. Lyra Pragensis: Sonnets (W. Shakespeare, in Czech) at 6:30 Bosworth has been pushing its pseudo-indie trail Malé Nosticovo Divadlo: Vagina Monologues (E. Ensler, in Czech) at 8 Joseph Morris, alias Joseph Marvin, Here are the facts: Wormwood (an Ponec: Archa Adrift! - Phasing, Sour Milk, Shadow (dance theater, mix on Prague audiences since 1994, when the alias Edward Delaney, alias William imaginative derivation from the performed by CandoCo, UK) at 8 three-piece joined up under the influence of the Rudolfinum: Czech Chamber Soloists Brno (Matys, Martinů, Delaney, alias Edward Eastman ñ Anglo-Saxon wermode meaning ìmind Tchaikovsky) at 7:30 Pixies’ Doolittle and Dinosaur. Although they Státní Opera: Aida (G. Verdi) at 7 leader of a gang of 1,200 men, split preserverî) ñ or more specifically, its Stavovské Divadlo: Much Ado About Nothing (W. Shakespeare, in record sporadically – just two records and an EP skulls and kept score. ìI had forty- active ingredient, thujone (or tanace- Czech) at 7 in eight years – they’re one of Prague’s more Švandovo Divadlo: Headsman´s Holiday (K. Hamvai, in Czech) at 7, nine nicks in me stick, aní I wanted to tone) ñ makes absinthe hallucino- The final section is a quirk, a taste- Už jsme doma (concert, in the Studio) at 8 inspired live acts, especially when relaying make it an even fifty,î he is reported genic. Thujone, a terpene, is derived test of widely available absinthe Ta Fantastika: Aspects of Alice (black light theater) at 9:30 impassioned stories of the lads’ drug experi- Ungelt: Play Strindberg (F. Dürrenmatt, in Czech) at 7:55 to have said. Here women like Red from thujone oil, distilled from Thuja brands. Howíd the home team fare? ences (as on the 1996 demo Pub-Pop U- Norah married dead husbands. Here occidentalis or white cedar, as well as Hillís, the oldest and most reputable Wednesday, February 12 Ground). With Free Dimension’s Waawe sharing occupations included horse-poison- from other trees of the arbor vitae of Czech absinthes, scored a three the bill, this promises to be an amazing show in A.M. Vikadlo: Fumasův písničkový koncert (Původní Bureš) ing, election-rigging, pimping and phylum. Thujone is a near relation to out of five, as did the imaginatively Agharta: Jiří Stivín & Co. (modern jazz) an otherwise slow month for indie fans. Waawe, Mikado tuck-ups. Here the supposed menthol (the preferred smoke of named Prague. Sebor and King of Akropolis: Zlatá kozačka, Dj Spejbl & guest (oldschool acid, Small which just released All Fabulous Things Turn Out Scene), Djs Stanzim & Maatoha (breakbeat, d´n´b, Theater Bar) innocents, like the 10- and 11-year-old hookers and German portfolio man- Spirits each scored a four. I take the Balbínova Poetická Hospůdka: Třetí Dech (folk night) to Happen, is one of the Czech Republic’s tight- assassins of the Daybreak Boys, mur- agers) and THC, Tetra-hydra- rankings with a grain of salt (or a Baráčnická Rychta: Swing Dance Room - The Prague Swing Orchestra Batalion: Koko Trio est and most creative groups. Paradoxically, its der and are murdered with the appar- cannabinol, the active ingredient in spoonful of flaming sugar to make Futurum: Palice loud, precise performances come off cleaner Guru: Kencore Passa + Homeless Varpose (hc) ent randomness, lack of sentiment cannabis. Now the bad news: EU reg- the medicine go down). Phil Baker, Industry: Dance party Djs - Happy Night - Michal Jirák & Liner and somehow more mechanical than the album, and ruthless speed of nature herself. ulations, to which the Czech Republic though an insightful writer, is a Brit, Kain: Natural which was an amazing piece of hair-rock- and Klub V Jelení: Jiří Smrž (guitar recital) Here large gangs of large men wage voluntarily adheres, prohibit absinthe and we all know how they drink. La Provence: Hedervari Quartet, Travesti Show hardcore-inspired love. But the emotional weight savage war in overpopulated streets, containing more than 10 parts of Le Clan: Nuit Sexy - Djs of Kucera’s songwriting shines through when he’s Lucerna Music Bar: Věra Špinarová & A.Pavlík, special guest Anna K. tearing at each othersí faces in an wormwood per million, or 10mg of Malostranská Beseda: Reliéf & guests (bluegrass, gospel) onstage, spitting it out for you live. ■Jayne Mánes: ocean of flesh. This is all true, includ- the stuff per kilogram of alcohol, discotheque ing the hyperbole. Such is the nature meaning if you drink enough youíll Joshua Cohen is at [email protected] 16 February 6—20, 2003 the prague pill listings LeGaL Gwendolyn Albert Meloun: Nijak - live, discotheque with Dj Aned Brumla Metropolitan Jazz Club: Bob Zajíček Quartet Reading Mlejn: Monogram + Kvintet (bluegrass, CD release party) Alchemy Reading and Performance Nebe: Dj Big J - Soulfood “Black Souls” Series Monday, February 17th at Norton: Dj Chris Cags PLaYLisT Reduta: Gera Band Shakespeare and Sons Rock Café: Ska Night - 2V1 & Green Smatroll I have been working in an English school Salmovská literární kavárna: Fianan (Irish songs & ballads with Czech texts) for the last three months. I still don’t have a Sedm Vlků: Djs 2K & Babe LN (d´n´b) U Malého Glena: Groove (groove, funky, acid jazz, blues) work visa. Last week I crossed the border Ultramarin: Dj Lumiere to renew my tourist visa, but when I got my Ungelt Jazz´N´Blues Club: Chicken Soup - Jazz Fusion Band Vagon: Walk Choc Ice passport back, it hadn’t been stamped. Wakata: Dj deNisa (freestyle beats) XT3: Turntable lounge - Djs Touchwood & Katcha (jungle, d´n´b) Now I don’t have a work visa or a tourist Železná: Flavors (modern jazz) visa. My employer tells me not to worry 007 Strahov: Le Laple Burnt Offerings about this. I AM worried – should I be? Akcent: Fiery Love Plays (Hans Sachs´s farces, in Czech) at 8 Alfred ve Dvoře: Mur-Mur (visual theater, performed by Stage Code, CH, CZ) at 8 Reviews by Micah Jayne First, you’re not the only person who All Colours Theatre: Faust (black light theater) at 8:30 should be worried. Your employer ought to Animato: Rock Therapy - Beatles Story (black light theater) at 8:30 Činoherní Klub: The Lonesome West (M. McDonagh, in Czech) at 7:30 be equally worried; he’s employing you Damúza: Tramvaj načerno (“Blind Tram” - poetic evening, in Czech) at 8 Disk: Disco Pigs (E. Walsh, in Czech) at 7:30 The Flaming Lips saw shelled-out homes. Arguing with illegally, and if the labor office finds out he Divadlo ABC: The Golem (G. Meyrink, in Czech) at 7 another friend over a mint vinyl copy could lose his business license. Because Divadlo Jiřího Grossmanna: Wow - 3D black light theater show at 8 Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Divadlo Na Fidlovačce: What the Butler Saw (J. Orton, in Czech) at 7:30 of At Folsom Prison we found in a you don’t have work permission, for all Divadlo Na Zábradlí: Knives in Hens (D. Harrower, in Czech) at 7 Warner Brothers, 2002 practical purposes you’re practically not an Divadlo V Celetné: Copenhagen (M. Frayn, in Czech) at 7:30 southside Richmond, Virginia strip- Image: Cabinet (black light theater) at 8 mall thrift store and finally agreeing employee, but what is called in Czech a Klementinum: Z. Němečková - organ, H. Jonášová - soprano, M. “black soul” – someone who works Laštovka - trumpet (Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart) at 5 his is not a band that deserves to to wrap it in cellophane tape and Kolowrat: Countryside (M. Crimp, in Czech) at 7 be saddled with repeated intro- keep it on top of the refrigerator ìfor- without appearing on any official record. Kongresové Centrum: Singing In the Rain (choreography G. Kelly, S. You’re getting your salary on a cash-in- Donen, musical, in Czech) at 3 Tductions, but their highly antici- ever.î Johnny Cashís lot, to which he Laterna Magika: Ulysses at 8 pated follow-up to the beautiful seems dourly resigned, is to wander hand basis, you’re not paying social Malé Nosticovo Divadlo: Vagina Monologues (E. Ensler, in Czech) at 8 Národní Divadlo: Cyrano from Bergerac (E. Rostand, in Czech) at 7 genius of The Soft Bulletin somehow the zone between Hank Williams security or health insurance, and neither is NoD: Dream Play (A. Strindberg, performed by the Bohnická seems to fall on virgin ears. Apropos authenticity and Tom Jones menda- your employer. In short, you’re working Divadelní Společnost, in Czech) at 8 According to some 20th-century literary theorists, Ponec: Archa Adrift! - workshop with the CandoCo dance theater their obscure fate, Wayne Coyne and ciousness. One might say, without here illegally, and stamps in your passport company a poem doesn’t exist until it is read aloud. The Rudolfinum: Prague Chamber Orchestra without the conductor (Bizet, The Flaming Lips are geniuses of per- overmuch irony, that he walks the aren’t going to change this. If you’re Schumann, Vaňhal) at 7:30 severance. A 20-year career has pro- line. Cash uses the beneath-the-scale caught working without official permission line is meaningless, many argue, until it meets Státní Opera: Nabucco (G. Verdi) at 7 the breath. While this might or might not be true, Stavovské Divadlo: The Entertainer (J. Osborne, in Czech) at 7 duced 11 albums, with each new bass of his voice like a catís paw to you can be deported (either by court order, Švandovo Divadlo: The Hussars (P.A. Bréal, in Czech) at 7 effort clawing another rung up the stretch every bit of emotion out of or directly by the police); even worse, you it did provide a useful subject for a few decades Ta Fantastika: Aspects of Alice (black light theater) at 9:30 ladder of the stubbornly weird. In each song of this decidedly bizarre can be banned from re-entering the Czech of doctoral dissertations. Test this thesis on Ungelt: Marriage Play (E. Albee, in Czech) at 7:55 1984, or so the legend goes, when assemblage. He makes Depeche Republic for several years. selected Mondays, and this Monday in particular, Michael Stipe was hiding in a closet in Modeís ìPersonal Jesusî sound heart- It’s time to decide what you want from at a promising installment of the Alchemy series, Thursday, February 13 Prague’s most inclusive and interesting readings A.M. Vikadlo: ŠlupkaHůla nejen blues Athens to record Murmur, The felt, Simon and Garfunkelís ìBridge life here. If you plan to stay in the Czech A Studio Rubín: Mantis Flaming Lips invested in the first PA over Troubled Waterî sound manly Republic for more than a brief holiday, you in recent memory. Gwendolyn Albert, an expatri- Agharta: Limited Edition (modern jazz) Akropolis: Breakneck Kru (breakbeat, Small Scene), Face2Face (live - system in the Oklahoma City punk and ìDanny Boyî comes off as (and your employer) need to take the ate poet or poetess (and herein lies another the- tribal house project, bass, percussions, sax, vocals, Theater Bar) scene. This marvel of science guaran- American as Don Henley. (You can sis) from Oakland, California, will read from her Balbínova Poetická Hospůdka: Balbín’s Poetic Cabaret - guests Záviš necessary steps to make your presence and Jiří Konvrzek teed the modern-day champions of actually hear the smile lines deepen at here legal. Yes, getting a work permit (or work, which has appeared in numerous publica- Baráčnická Rychta: Gaelachas - 29. Evening of Irish music + dance tions, including the prestigious Exquisite Corpse. lessons acid rock a place on stage with bands ìDesperado, you ainít getting no trade license) does involve an Batalion: Hard Rock Café like H¸sker D¸, not to mention every younger.î) The collection is salted unbelievable amount of work – a long, Shakespeare and Sons, a delightful idea-retailer, Futurum: V.T. Marvin is in almost the same quandary as poetry itself: If Gong: The Empire Builders (B. Vian, in Czech) at 7:30 single band in the local scene. with original tunes like the spine-tin- boring and downright awful trudge through Guru: Ermitage (melorock) + Zaba Eventually the Lipsí penchant for real gling title track, which finds St. John Czech bureaucracy. But at the end of the you’ve only read about the place here, it might Industry: Dance party Djs - E.S.W.L. Kain: Dolmen experimentation via Led Zeppelin set to by countryís most apt voyeur, day it’s necessary, and you should start not really exist. Hop on a tram and find out for Kavárna Na Půl Cesty: Jakub Noha Band (big beat) covers in the morass of ë80s crap armed only with a deceptively aging yourself. ■ Cohen KC Zahrada: Carrabina (bluegrass) the process right now. Good luck! Klamovka: Techtle mechtle found them supporting the Jesus and baritone, a guitar and a steamship La Provence: Caca Band, The Robots, Electric Boogie Le Clan: Show a la House with Dušan - Djs Mary Chain and that font of all weird- piano. Johnny Cash is an anomaly, Our employer insists that we work regular Lucerna Music Bar: Krausberry ness, the Hairway to Steven-era simply put. From the baby-faced, unpaid overtime, usually between three Malostranská Beseda: Proti proudu (Against the Stream) lonely song- sters festival Butthole Surfers. Their reputation as tough-as-nails ex-con riffing on the and six hours per week. We weren’t told Mánes: Sebranka (country) pioneers of the ìalternativeî are fed long-lost girl next door for a newborn about this when we started, and there’s Mecca: Valentine Night - Storm & Storm fashion show, party with Karaoke nights at Djs and food by rumors of events like the famous Sun Records to the dark-miened trou- nothing about it in our contracts. Can we Meloun: Karaoke - Dj Aned Brumla ìparking-lot experiments,î which cul- badour of the omega days, Johnny Scarlett’s every Metropolitan Jazz Club: Jazztet Quintet (dixie, swing, Latin) refuse? Nebe: Dj Absolut POP minated in a demo at Austinís 1997 Cash, and, perhaps more importantly, Wednesday Prosek: Faidon, Dr. Triceratops South by Southwest festival, during his image, simply remains ñ and that is Radost FX: Soultrain - resident Djs Big J, Rico, Special-K (soul + r’n’b night) Your boss can only insist that you work Reduta: Jiří Stivín & Co. which 30 different tapes were played a wondrous feat. overtime in exceptional circumstances, 6pm—midnight. Rock Café: Orange Tour - Obří Broskev & guests N.O.D. Štěpána Smetáčka, Maťo Mašík simultaneously from 30 different described in Paragraph 96 of the Czech Sponsored by Salmovská literární kavárna: Pavel Bobek & Lída, Miloš and Mikoláš Nop cars. The result was, perhaps, the only Labor Code as “serious operating Sedm Vlků: Dj Ka-Ve (2step, jungle) Scenic The Prague Pill U Malého Glena: František Kop Quartet (modern jazz) successful fusion of interactive ele- reasons.” This covers one-off situations U Vystřelenýho Oka: Baťa & Kalábůf něžný beat ments into the creation of listenable Ultramarin: Dj Victorious The Acid Gospel Experience where extra work is urgently required to Ungelt Jazz´N´Blues Club: Chicken Soup - Jazz Fusion Band music. Yoshimi, like The Soft Bulletin, is Émigré, 2002 keep the business running; it does not Vagon: Ready Kirken a concept album. Named after Wakata: Tempo is Down - Djs Pintlich & Zichi (downtempo) cover, for example, a staff shortage the XT3: Thursday hip hop - Djs Aphect & True (hip hop) Yoshimi P-we of the Boredoms, the employer has made no effort to remedy. Železná: Jan Kořínek & groove (vocal original jazz) 007 Strahov: protagonist explores the death of a ackaged as part of the …migrÈ In deciding whether or not to refuse to Djs Orion, R.B.R. (hip hop, ragga) Japanese fan and the bizarre circum- companyís distantly avant-garde work overtime, you must decide if this is Suk, Prokofiev and Alfred ve Dvoře: Mur-Mur (visual theater, performed by Stage Code, stances under which Coyne and the typography and design quarterly, CH, CZ) at 8 P the kind of exceptional case that could be Schnittke All Colours Theatre: Faust (black light theater) at 8:30 band were told of her death across a the debut album of this hypno-elec- Animato: Rock Therapy - Beatles Story (black light theater) at 8:30 considered “serious operating reasons” Prague Symphony Orchestra. Wednesday, Činoherní Klub: The Lonesome West (M. McDonagh, in Czech) at 7:30 fertile landscape of subtly tweaked tronic ensemble plods a meandering from your employer’s point of view. February 19th at Obecní dům Disk: Disco Pigs (E. Walsh, in Czech) at 7:30 sound. The album is soft, pretty and path through the conceptual wading Divadlo ABC: Pouic-Pouic (J. Vilfrid, J. Girault, in Czech) at 7 Situations arise in many jobs where it Divadlo Bez Zábradlí: Bambini di Praga (B. Hrabal, in Czech) at 7 accessible, a narrative soundscape pool that is electronic music. Pawing becomes necessary to work overtime, but Divadlo Jiřího Grossmanna: Wow - 3D black light theater show at 8 Divadlo Na Fidlovačce: The Rainmaker (R. Nash, in Czech) at 7:30 taking the mind-bending technical through the hyper-sanitized packag- as I understand, it compulsory overtime Divadlo Na Vinohradech: Who´s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (E. Albee, in experience of creating 1997ís Zaireeka ing, complete with …migrÈ leader forms part of your regular weekly Czech) at 7, Scenes from Marriage (I. Bergman, in Czech, in the rehearsal room) at 7 through filters of childlike awe and Bruce Licherís painfully proud intro- workload. This is completely Divadlo Na Zábradlí: The Terrace (J.-C. Carriére, in Czech) at 7 emotional abandonment. It evolves duction just after the title page, some- Divadlo V Celetné: All in the Timing (D. Ives, in Czech) at 7:30 unacceptable, and certainly doesn’t fall Image: Cabinet (black light theater) at 8 into what Coyne himself describes as how reinforces the fact that youíre within the Paragraph 96 definition. It’s Klementinum: J. Maťátková - violin, M. Bauerová - soprano, F. Petr - a ìcandy-coated potato chip,î a swimming in dirty water. Reminiscent organ (Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, Massenet, Gounod) at 5 also worth noting that there is a clear Komedie: Rooms (P. Minyana, in Czech) at 7:30 deceptively electronic, organic album of so much and attempting so many legal limit on how much overtime you can Laterna Magika: The Wonderful Circus at 8 (or vice versa . . .) that says too much jerky forays into apparent novelty, the Malé Nosticovo Divadlo: Vagina Monologues (E. Ensler, in Czech) at 8 be told to work – not more than eight Národní Divadlo: Cyrano from Bergerac (E. Rostand, in Czech) at 7 and ends too soon. It is yet another overall affect is of a precisely planned hours extra in one week, and not more NoD: Sávitrí (shadow theater based on Mahábhárata motives, per- formed by the Líšeň theater, in Czech) at 8 minutely flawed magnum opus from effort overfinished. Dropping hints of than a total of 150 hours in one year. Ponec: Archa Adrift! - workshop with the CandoCo dance theater a band that deserves so much more ethno-trance onto a polished obelisk company Of course, regardless of number of Státní Opera: Nabucco (G. Verdi) at 7 than a gentle tip of the hat. Which is reflecting Slowdive, Mercury Rev, The hours or soundness of reasons, you are Stavovské Divadlo: Romeo and Juliet (W. Shakespeare, in Czech) at 7 likely more than the musical prole- Verve and others, the Acid Gospel Švandovo Divadlo: Tartuffe (Moliére, in Czech) at 7 entitled to be paid for all work you do. You Ta Fantastika: Aspects of Alice (black light theater) at 9:30 tariat of the late 20th century will ever Experience is often distastefully redo- are entitled to remuneration for all the Ungelt: Tell Me On a Sunday (A.L. Weber, D. Black, in Czech) at 7:55 Viola: grant them. lent of nothing so much as clichÈ and unpaid overtime you have done thus far, The Gin Game (D.L. Coburn, in Czech) at 8 guitar-noodling solipsism. The sad and you should insist that your employer Friday, February 14 thing is that 10 years ago, before high pay you accordingly. If he or she won’t Johnny Cash school kids could squeeze home ver- A.M. Vikadlo: Jazz Maze at 4, Missa (Karel Kryl revival) pay, don’t be afraid to go to court for your A Studio Rubín: Sperms after Week American IV: The Man Comes Around sions of Pro-Tools onto their new G4s, money. And don’t be afraid to refuse to Agharta: Masala (fusion) this would have been a breakthrough Akropolis: Hip Hop Foundation # 15 - Rap - Phat; Djs Battle - Jazzy (SK) Universal, 2002 work further unpaid overtime, whether or vs Maro vs Enemy, Freestyle Battle - Dano (SK) vs Mc Janek vs accomplishment ñ and itís not as Sleva; B-Boys Battle - Torzo Breakers vs Energy 49; Beatbox Battle not the business will collapse as a result - Kezom vs Anir vs Kafes 33; Graffiti Style Battle - the best writers; though the Acid Gospel Experience of your absence. Chill Out Djs - Glazy, Trafik, Jürgen, True + the winners of the Hip o much ìmainstreamî entertain- is bad music. On the contrary, itís Hop Foundation # 14 (Big Hall, Small Scene, Theater Bar) Minimalism, minimalism, minimalism, minimal- Balbínova Poetická Hospůdka: Psalteria (medieval girl band) ment seems three parts con- quite listenable, but the fact that it is Baráčnická Rychta: Balkan Music and Dance Evening - Gothart, tradi- trivance to one part each talent couched in such pretensions makes it ism and minimalism. And minimalism. Is mini- tional Balkan dances, belly dancers S Batalion: Valentine Party malism a poverty of expression, or a serious and manufacture, which makes it a bit hard to stomach. Go ahead: You Delta: Jiří Schmitzer hard to reconcile certain memories of might find that you can rock 1995, if Got questions? Send them to artistic idea? America thinks minimalism is a Futurum: 80s & 90s party - TV show and video, Djs Jirka Neumann, product of popular music, a product of a wider Roman Pluhař, Jirka Březina & ZuzkaD Mr. John Cash. Cutting the engine to youíve got the chaise lounge ready. [email protected] or contact Klára Veselá Guru: Industrial Symphony - Dj Element (techno) Samková directly at populist aesthetic, of the same advertisements Imperial Jazz Café: Senior Dixieland Praha save gas and winding a Ford van down Industry: Testament Dance Party - Djs Kavalír & Michal Jirák a 10-kilometer decline in Bosnia with [email protected]. Your personal seen every five minutes, of the same Monday Kain: Krleš details will be treated with strictest workday every Monday workday. Europe dis- KD Opatov: South House & Breakbeat Work (southwork vs. pure rhythm) a friend reciting ìA Boy Named Sueî Klamovka: Dasein in the passenger seat ñ the first time I Micah Jayne is at [email protected] confidence. agrees. The two apologists for European mini- malism couldn’t be more different. There’s Arvo Part, for whom minimalism is an offshoot of old religious music, specifically Gregorian vocal music. Then there’s Alfred Schnittke, an affirmed writer of tonal music, for whom minimalism was a response to the predictability of tonal polypho- ny. Minimalism for Schnittke was a way out of the predictable progressions, a way to zero in on tex- ture as opposed to linearity. Hear him at the end of an interesting program of Suk and Prokofiev and you’ll understand that not one of his notes is ever repeated, it’s only heard again for the first time. ■ Cohen the prague pill February 6—20, 2003 17 listings sTaGe La Provence: Classic Nostalgia Jazz, Valentine Weekend at Banana Café Le Clan: Lounge with Dj Renda and guests Lucerna Music Bar: Pop 80s & 90s video party - Dj Jirka Neumann Malostranská Beseda: Proti proudu (Against the Stream) lonely song- ■ sters festival MUSIC CLUB INDEPENDENT Mánes: Tropicana (latino-american night) PraGue LoG Mecca: Dj Vadim Craft with Final Scratch (Megatronpeople, Cyprus), What’s Dj Kuba Soulcheck, Teddy B (Ibiza) and special guest from Holland, Coitus’s Workshop - Dj Coitus Exitus live and Djs Meloun: Czechoslovakian discotheque with Djs Balda and Kříča Metropolitan Jazz Club: The Senior Swingers (swing evergreens) Mlejn: Bass Beast, Dreat Beat Squad, Hypno Opera, Mrtvá Vrána: St. Valentine’s Night - Dj Baltazar plays for all those in love, free pink welcome drink and free entry Nebe: Djs Groof + Rend@ Radost FX: St. Valentine’s Party with Crazy Penis (UK) - live + Dj set, No Ocean, but Doc? Djs Loutka + Vectif Reduta: Impuls Rock Café: Valentine Day Party - Unity & SM Lomoz Let me start by warning you: if you know Roxy: Mix - special guest Timmy S (UK), Djs Tráva + Rescue, Chill what a coloratura is, just put the paper Out - Significant Brother Rudolfinum: V-Day - Vagina Monologues (E. Ensler, in Czech) at 5 down and no one will get hurt. Good. Now Salmovská literární kavárna: Katka Garcia & guests - Dun An Doras, Sharks Aplenty for the rest of us whose knowledge of Predrag (world music) Sedm Vlků: Djs Skywalker, Cashmeer & Stanzim (oldschool, jungle, ragga) opera consists of Elmer Fudd singing “Kill U Malého Glena: Najponk Trio da wabbit,” this is the first in a series of Ultramarin: Dj Special K - Valentine Night Party Prague’s posh poker scene. articles on the State Opera and its current Ungelt Jazz´N´Blues Club: Luboš Andršt Blues Band feat. Ramblin Rex Vagon: Jetbeat (60s - 70s music), Reggae party at midnight MUSIC CLUB 11-05 CAFÉ 11-03 By Dan Levine repertoire. Wakata: Djs Gardenzitty SoundSystem (ragga jungle) ROKYCANOVA 29, PRAHA 3 – ŽIŽKOV “It’s not easy to make an opera really XT3: Heavy Load - Djs Marvel, Ka-ve & Infinity (d´n´b) Železná: František Kop Quartet (modern jazz) 603 115 836, 222 783 463 good,” says Vojtěch Spurný, SO’s artistic 007 Strahov: Vertibo, Seher Sekete Kerek (ska, reggae) director. There’s singing, acting, set design Alfred ve Dvoře: Mur-Mur (visual theater, performed by Stage Code, ...” And all this has to come together at the CH, CZ) at 8 same time. Live. Repeatedly. All Colours Theatre: Faust (black light theater) at 8:30 Animato: Rock Therapy - Beatles Story (black light theater) at 8:30 Take Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte (or The Činoherní Klub: Entertaining Mr. Sloane (J. Orton, in Czech) at 7:30 Bumcello Magic Flute, if you like, which is OK but Damúza: Agatomania (A. Goldflam, in Czech) at 8 Friday, February 21st at Palác Akropolis Dejvické Divadlo: The Brothers Karamazov (F.M. Dostoyevsky) at 7:30 doesn’t have those rockin’ umlauts.) Disk: Some Explicit Polaroids (M. Ravenhill, in Czech) at 7:30 Zauberflöte is a big, honking crowd- Divadlo ABC: Charley´s Aunt (J. Brandon - Thomas, in Czech) at 7 pleaser – sort of like The Lord of the Divadlo Bez Zábradlí: Luv (M. Schisgal, in Czech) at 7 Divadlo Jiřího Grossmanna: Wow - 3D black light theater show at 8 Rings meets Moulin Rouge, except those Divadlo Na Fidlovačce: The Marriage (N.V. Gogol, in Czech) at 7:30 films likely won’t be called masterpieces Divadlo V Řeznické: The Collector (J. Fowles, in Czech) at 7:30 Image: The Best of Image (black light theater) at 8 in 200 years. SO’s new production – it Klementinum: Mozart Quintet - J. Jonášová - soprano, Z. Němečková - premiered last September – is “no organ (Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart) at 5 Kolowrat: Happy Days (S. Beckett, in Czech) at 7 museum piece,” Spurný says. (“Sniff,” say Komedie: Here THE Life Is Beautiful (dance performance, in coopera- the critics.) tion with the Deja Donne company) at 7:30 Laterna Magika: The Wonderful Circus at 8 Here’s what happens: The evil Sarostro Národní Divadlo: Maryša (A.+ V. Mrštík, in Czech) at 7 has kidnapped Pamina, the daughter of the NoD: Forest and other pieces (puppet theater, N. Sawa) at 8 mysterious Queen of the Night. The Queen Ponec: Archa Adrift! - workshop with the CandoCo dance theater company Rokoko: Romeo and Juliet (W. Shakespeare, in Czech) at 7 sends Prince Tamino to rescue her. He and Státní Opera: Cosi fan tutte (W.A. Mozart) at 7 his sidekick, the bird-man Papageno, find Stavovské Divadlo: The Bandits (G. Verdi, opera) at 7 Švandovo Divadlo: Killer Joe (T. Letts, in Czech) at 7 Pamina and learn that Sarostro is just Ta Fantastika: Aspects of Alice (black light theater) at 9:30 misunderstood. Pamina and Tamino must Viola: Angel in Blue - J. Marais and J. Cocteau (reading, talk, in Czech) at 8 undergo a series of ordeals to win love and freedom. Saturday, February 15 Zauberflöte is what is commonly called A Studio Rubín: Sygnus a singspiel – what American audiences Agharta: Flavours (modern jazz) Casino Palais Savarin first-come, first-served basis to anyone Akropolis: Rude Audio (Small Scene), Pimprle Mix - Djs Voita & would call a musical. There’s a lot of Kaplick (freestyle, Theater Bar) Na príkopé 10, Praha 1 – Nové město. with a picture ID and a few thousand music, obviously, interspersed by spoken Balbínova Poetická Hospůdka: Taliesyn (jazz, folk, fusion) crowns to blow. The result is a sur- Batalion: Hard Rock Café Tel. 224.221.636. Open daily 1pm- dialogue. This production has very little Futurum: 80s & 90s party - TV show and video, Djs Jirka Neumann, 4am. Poker every Wednesday from prising friendly vibe, with most play- dance, but look for the frolicking slave Roman Pluhař, Jirka Březina & ZuzkaD Bumcello is an eclectic duo. With Vincent Segal ers on a first-name basis and house number near the end of the first act. Guru: Birthday Party - Mr. Montana + Dj Kenny (hip hop, rap & soul) 7pm to 330am Hells Bells: Sci-Fi, Faidon on electric cello, Cyril Alef on drums, and rules that are flexible enough to bend Like a lot of art, you have to meet Imperial Jazz Café: Dixieland Messengers vocoders, effects boxes and tape loops of their Industry: The Sound of Industry - Prochy, Jeremy, Petr Holman, Raju to the tableís democratic whims. opera halfway. “It’s not like television, Kain: Seven own music, they are able to create a kaleido- Betting is structured and stakes where you can spread out on the couch Klamovka: Agáve 9 scope of sound from dub, drum ‘n bass, house, with your popcorn,” Spurný says. “You La Provence: O & Band, Valentine Weekend at Banana Café, Cancan mericans and poker go together are lowish: 50 KË minimum/100 KË Dancing jazz, techno, funk, hip hop, oriental sounds and like Elvis and peanut butter, maximum, though pots can rise into have to see it and hear it actively.” Le Clan: Moonshine with Dj Brian and guest The most enjoyable parts of the Lucerna Music Bar: beyond. Their influences run from African music which is why friendly expat poker the thousands of crowns. The casino Pop 80s & 90s video party - Dj Jirka Neumann A production are those featuring Papageno. Magická Zahrada: Pragasón - La Música Cubana En Praga (son to French pop. Just to give you a sense of what games have popped up around rakes 10 KË per person per hand cubano, latin jazz) This makes sense when you understand Malostranská Beseda: Sto zvířat (rock) to expect: They’ve dubbed their sampler “head Prague like mushrooms in September. and, in return, supplies the venue, Mánes: Chevrolet Oldies Party rush,” which means the audience can expect to that Zauberflöte was created for the Mecca: Love’in - US funky & vocal house with resident Djs Neo and One weekly match, held in a dealers and a small buffet of Viennese Theater auf der Wieden, where Kristian Szabo and special guest from Germany Dj Hubee aka have their minds blown. Since the opening act Vinohrady pub for the past 10 years chlebicky and smoked ham, or Wackside, history of funky music in C’Lounge by Dj Luděk Fí the greater part of the audience aspired to Meloun: Czechoslovakian discotheque with Djs Balda and Kříča for this show is Dub-O-Net (featuring vocalist or so, counts amongst its regulars greasy egg rolls and mystery meat in the middle classes. Papageno was written Metropolitan Jazz Club: The Senior Swingers (swing evergreens) Jamajka), as well, everyone’s going to have at two of the cityís most prominent a chafing dish. Oh, and cocktails and for them – and for the librettist. Emanuel Modrá Vopice: Deheth C, FuckDaKarot + Ambrosia (hardcore) ■ Mrtvá Vrána: Djs Deep Corner (tech house, breakbeat) least a contact high for the main attraction. restaurant owners, a technology cigarettes are on the house; just ask Schikaneder, the man who wrote the words, Nebe: Djs Rockweell + Teddy B. Ozuna entrepreneur and a globetrotting the pit boss to ring the bell for one of was also the first to play the comic star of Radost FX: Lollypop - gay night, resident Djs Vilém + Lumiere + spe- cial guest alcohol importer. Another, drawing the waitresses. the show. Hardly surprising, then, that he Reduta: Bobby Houda Blues Band gave himself all the good lines. SO’s Rock Café: Takin´Off (latin funky) + Dj Maara one of the cityís biggest real-estate Roxy: Zen - special guest Phil Thompson aka Moonface (UK), resi- moguls and a well-known film execu- production features several casts who dent Djs Joel Einhorn, Michael Burian, Deep House Chill Out - perform in rotation. Aleš Jenis’ Papageno is Dan Cooley + Rai Millie Howe tive, is a high-stakes stunner with Sedm Vlků: Djs Beast67, Hellium & Rido (d´n´b) pots in the thousands of dollars. part surfer-dude, part Jar-Jar Binks, and he Solidarita: Dance Café - Trio Jimi Andrew Jose Hairdressing Salon. brings the house down in duets with Tereza U Malého Glena: Najponk Trio Michalská 17 in P1. 224 23 20 29 Since last month, a far more egali- Merklová, as his flighty sweetheart, and Ultramarin: Dj Chris Cags tarian game has been holding court Ungelt Jazz´N´Blues Club: Luboš Andršt Blues Band feat. Ramblin Rex The game has been Katharina Müller as Pamina. Other roles Vagon: Votchi & guests, Rockotheque at midnight Wednesday nights at Casino Palais were written with particular singers in mind, Wakata: Djs Irie Memba & Anděl (reggae dancehall night) attracting a diverse cast XT3: Premium Wondah of da unda - Djs Pepe & A.L.I. and guests Savarin, a swanky spot on the second to accentuate the strengths of the auf der (hip hop) floor of an amazing rococo palace Wieden crew. The reason there’s a magic Železná: Mladá Kref - take the Jazz Train (classic & modern jazz) at of characters that 5, Robert Balzar Trio (mainstream jazz) that, ironically, is also home to the flute and not a magic ukelele, for example, 007 Strahov: Djs Orion, Each & Wich (hip hop) Museum of Communism. This seven- includes a sculptor, a is because the first Tamino played could All Colours Theatre: Faust (black light theater) at 8:30 hour seven card stud marathon, play the flute. (SO’s Tomáš Černý, however, Animato: Rock Therapy - Beatles Story (black light theater) at 8:30 played with Vegas rules on beautiful hard-core pornographer, just sort of holds it nobly aloft while it plays Činoherní Klub: Entertaining Mr. Sloane (J. Orton, in Czech) at 7:30 itself.) Dejvické Divadlo: The Loot (J. Orton, in Czech) at 7:30 felt-topped tables, is secreted in a lav- and a couple of insanely Disk: Mighty Aphrodite (W. Allen, in Czech) at 7:30 ish, wood-paneled back room with SO presents the opera in the original Divadlo ABC: Double Play (R. Thomas, in Czech) at 5, Nunsense (D. German and the sets evoke Karl Friedrich Goggin, musical, in Czech, on Small Scene - Ábíčko) at 2 and 8:30 piped-in music, brocaded velvet cur- rich Czech lads of shady Divadlo Bez Zábradlí: Noises Off (M. Frayn, in Czech) at 7 tains and extravagant crystal chande- Schinkel’s Zauberflöte of 1816 – work Divadlo Jiřího Grossmanna: Wow - 3D black light theater show at 8 providence. often cited as a hallmark of scenography. Divadlo Na Vinohradech: Howard Katz (P. Marber, in Czech) at 2 and 7 liers. Itís an amazingly stylish space Divadlo Na Zábradlí: In the Summer House (J. Bowles, in Czech) at 7 But the intent is not to re-create an earlier Divadlo U Hasičů: You Know I Can´t Hear You When the Water´s that wouldnít be out of place in a production, Spurný says. “There’s a Running (R. Anderson, in Czech) at 3 and 7 James Bond fil. (Indeed, it was used as Divadlo V Celetné: Supper of Ashes (B. Kuras, in Czech) at 8 conservative audience who know a lot Image: The Best of Image (black light theater) at 8 a backdrop for the card scenes in last about opera, how it ‘should’ be. That the Kolowrat: Vor dem Ruhestand (T. Bernhard, in Czech) at 7 yearís Czech hit Babi Leto.) The giddy Komedie: Here THE Life Is Beautiful (dance theater, in cooperation pyramid should be so-and-so, for example, with the Deja Donne company) at 7:30 sense of exclusivity is further height- For all its munificence, the casino and that there should be 11 elephants Laterna Magika: The Wonderful Circus at 8 Malé Nosticovo Divadlo: Vagina Monologues (E. Ensler, in Czech) at 8 ened by an entrance sign which reads only grosses about 1,300 KË per play- coming out from this direction, and so on. Metro: Carmen (P. Merimée, in Czech, drama) at 3 ìPrivate Invitation Onlyî to keep the er. Itís really quite a generous propo- But I love it when an audience has no Národní Divadlo: Comedy of Errors (W. Shakespeare, in Czech) at 2, preconceptions about how the opera. This The Servant of Two Masters (C. Goldoni, in Czech) at 7 Great Unwashed at bay. sition that naturally provokes one to Ponec: Archa Adrift! - workshop with the CandoCo dance theater The game has been attracting a look for the catch. Then one of the is how you have to go to the theater. You company diverse cast of characters that includes chain-smoking mafiosi leaves the give your heart to the show.” Státní Opera: Aida (G. Verdi) at 7 Are you tired of going out night after night to the Stavovské Divadlo: Rigoletto (G. Verdi, opera) at 7 a sculptor, a hard-core pornographer, poker table in a huff and drops a tall Spurný is now replacing SO’s mossier Švandovo Divadlo: The Tempest (W. Shakespeare, in Czech) at 7 same bar, talking up the same girl, only to have a couple of insanely rich Czech lads of stack of black chips on roulette to productions with new ones and adding Ta Fantastika: Aspects of Alice (black light theater) at 9:30 her brush you off her shoulder like a flake of new works, like local jazzman Emil shady providence, the occasional heal his wounded pride. Knowing Viklický’s Oráč a smrt (“Death and the dandruff when it comes time to go home? She’s track-suit-wearing Russian mobster smiles flash around the card room Sunday, February 16 probably laughing at that dead ferret on your Ploughman” – no umlauts, but rockin’ A Studio Rubín: Bengas and a self-proclaimed former profes- and we summon the waitress for nonetheless) and Scott Joplin’s Agharta: František Uhlíř Team (modern jazz) head whenever you go to take a piss. Sorry to sional poker player who loses just as another round. Akropolis: Za pecí - jungling afternoon at 3 (Big Hall), open stage have to break it to you, man, but you’re wolfin’ Treemonisha. (Big Hall), Dj Sunpaya & guest (funky, new york deephouse, often as anyone else. Jazzier works like these tend to attract Small Scene), Pro Sound System - Djs Liquid A & Kryshpeen, like a ‘tard these days. What you need is a gay Youíd think you have to be a freak- a younger audience. Sure, students don’t Mc Dr Kary (reggae, dancehall, dub, Theater Bar) haircut, and there’s only one woman in this town Balbínova Poetická Hospůdka: Luboš Pavel - One man theater ing Rockefeller for an invitation to stand in line all night for tickets like they Batalion: Hard Rock Café who knows what that means. That woman is Dan Levine has an ace up his sleeve at Guru: Dj Es.Pe.Ha.Ce (elektroexperiment) join this rarefied assemblage, but the did in Verdi’s day, but opera is holding its La Provence: Valentine Weekend at Banana Café Millie, the Australian wunderkind specializing in Savarin game is actually open on a [email protected] own. The Czech Republic has 10 opera Metropolitan Jazz Club: Jaroslav “Fats” Kos Trio the funky, the punky, the obtuse, the asymmet- companies (Sweden has only four.) Nebe: Dj Downtempo Reduta: Jazz Fragment rical, and Wilde Colour. Millie will tell you herself Premieres at SO regularly sell out, and Rock Café: Music Bar - free entry! that she doesn’t do conservative, so if you work even regular programs fill 50 to 90 percent U Malého Glena: Leimonarion Jam Session - come to jam! ■ Ungelt Jazz´N´Blues Club: Gumbo Blues Band & Ondřej Konrád in a bank and hang out at Tretter’s, you’d better of the house. Theodore Schwinke Vagon: Film Blues Band + OOZ Wakata: Back 2p2p - Djs Ali & Pepe (hip hop) stick to your neighborhood holic. But if you’re a XT3: Sunday breakz tattooed, pierced, fucked-up, trisexual creature Železná: Sunflower Caravan (progressive jazzrock) of the night, Milly will make you look cooler than Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) All Colours Theatre: Faust (black light theater) at 8:30 you already are. The same holds true for ladies: W.A. Mozart, libretto by Emanuel Animato: Rock Therapy - Beatles Story (black light theater) at 8:30 Dejvické Divadlo: Three Sisters (A.P. Chekhov, in Czech) at 7:30 Milly is responsible for the most talked about Schikaneder. Directed by Michael Schlüter- Disk: Mighty Aphrodite (W. Allen, in Czech) at 7:30 hair cut in Prague this winter, Miss Jill Ruchala’s. Padberg. Next performances: Feb. 9, 2pm. Divadlo Bez Zábradlí: Same Time, Next Year (B. Slade, in Czech) at 7 Divadlo Jiřího Grossmanna: Wow - 3D black light theater show at 8 Her rates aren’t particularly cheap, but this kind Feb. 10, 7pm. Feb. 16, 2pm. Tickets are Divadlo Na Fidlovačce: Fiddler on the Roof (J. Stein, J. Bock, S. 100-900 Kč, available at the box office or Harnick, in Czech) at 7:30 of talent is rare in Prague and you wanna start Divadlo Na Vinohradech: Ballad about the Thief of the Horses or getting laid, right? ■ Jeppesen at the SO web site www.opera.cz. Gypsies Go to Heaven (musical, in Slovak) at 5 and 8 Státní Opera, Wilsonova 4, P1 Divadlo Na Zábradlí: The Dresser (R. Harwood, in Czech, performed b Tel.: 224 227 266 18 February 6—20, 2003 the prague pill Son Cubano listings At Magická Zahrada (behind Laterna the Divadlo V Dlouhé) at 7 Magika on Národní třída). Saturday, Divadlo V Celetné: supporting concert for Divadlo Jana Kašky - songs from the performances, O. Wilde - The Canterville Ghost and February 8th and February 15th The Importance of Being Ernest at 3, Fool For Love (S. Shepard, in Czech) at 7:30 art Divadlo V Řeznické: Exit the King (E. Ionesco, in Czech) at 7:30 Kolowrat: Czech Secretaries (I. Žantovská, in Czech) at 6 Komedie: The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart (J.A. Komenský, perfomed by the Miloco theater, in Czech) at 7:30 Mlejn: Emil, the Ignorant Lover (J. Cocteau, in Czech, performed by child. Attached to a copyís uniform, the ToDivadlo) at 8 Národní Divadlo: Káťa Kabanová (L. Janáček, opera) at 7 a loaded gun may go unnoticed until Ponec: Archa Adrift! - workshop with the CandoCo dance theater company it comes out of his holster. Rokoko: Closer (P. Marber, in Czech) at 7 Státní Opera: The Magic Flute (W.A. Mozart) at 2 The other Universal Cop in the Stavovské Divadlo: Isert Incert/ Cor Perdut/ Hands/ Wolfgang, bitte... exhibition, probably a found object, is (ballet, choreography Carlos Iturrioz, Nacho Duato, Wim Out of Order Vandekeybus, Rui Horta - IT DANSA Jove Compania) at 7 a small statue of a traffic cop reaching Švandovo Divadlo: Wuthering Heights (E. Brontë, in Czech, performed by the Moravské Divadlo Olomouc) at 7 for his gun. He feels compelled to do Ta Fantastika: Aspects of Alice (black light theater) at 9:30 Da Paintas have come for your children. so because Marek Hyksaís massive By Travis Jeppesen sculpture of a Voltron-like robot is Did your romantic gene get caught in the bicycle Monday, February 17 pointing at something in the distance chain when you were a kid? Did the workweek foul your well-made plans? Clear your calendar Agharta: Jiří Stivín & Co. (modern jazz) that heís about to destroy. While Akropolis: Metro Djs (trance house, Small Scene), Viva La Musica - Da Paintas artists, but theyíre not Czech cops. inverting äoltÈszís initial painting, for Saturday the 15th and prepare to make Dj Liquid A (latino, Theater Bar) amends. Son Cubano, though composed of Balbínova Poetická Hospůdka: Paleček & Janík Theyíre the artistsí re-creation of the Hyksaís sculpture also pays homage to Batalion: Formule 1Party NoD Gallery Guru: Universal TV Cop, who just happens the action figures that populate chil- entirely Czech members, plays some pretty con- Jam with Bohuš Matuš (improvisational show) Dlouhá 33 in P1 Kain: Charlie´s Blood Group to wear the same uniform as an drenís TV shows and comic books vincing Havana jazz a la Buena Vista Social KC Kaštan: Noční optika (jazz) Through February 20 Club. Set in the Magicka zahrada restaurant, a KC Zahrada: Langley School Park (girls´ jazz group from Kent) American police officer. such as Spiderman, He-Man and Malostranská Beseda: Yo Yo Band Benjamin äoltÈsz, who authored Voltron. The sculpture is surrounded beautifully adapted foyer space hidden in the Meloun: Rock and Oldies Party with Radio Beat Djs courtyard of the Laterna magika theater, the Metropolitan Jazz Club: Swing Party Jaromíra Konůpky (Steamboat the first painting in the exhibit, fol- by awe-inspiring paintings of similar Stompers) music is a slightly mismatched but welcome Nebe: Dj Downtempo n exhausted-looking, possibly lows up with a more placid portrait of retro-futuristic robotic entities in Reduta: R. Krampl Vibe Fantasy drugged man wearing a blue suit six of New Yorkís finest moving silent- motion, as well as little-girlish images flourish on top of the excellent Latin-American Rock Café: Music Bar - free entry! inspired cuisine. The performance and one Roxy: Free Mondays - Al-Yaman (live), Djs Yukimura, Ravi (free entry) Apoints to a cartoon-like render- of cute froggies spraypainted on to a Salmovská literární kavárna: Šlupkahula (blues) ing of an android on a chalkboard silver-paneled background that re- mixed drink are free for everyone who spends Sedm Vlků: Kazztroll Sound System (techno) more than 350 Kč on dinner, which is a safe U Malého Glena: Stan the Man Bohemian Blues Band while an airplane crashes into some- sembles candy-bar wrappers. Ungelt Jazz´N´Blues Club: Jazz Efterrätt thing in the horizon. The somber So what are all these cops doing estimate in this slightly pricey venue. Attentive, Vagon: Folimanka Blues + Sedum friendly waiters and a long, unusual wine list Wakata: Djs Voita & Ottoman (breakbeat) expression on the manís face and the interrupting this celebration of fin de ■ XT3: Dj Spejbl (progressive d´n´b) dark circles beneath his eyes convey siecle kiddie pop culture? The police complete the experience. Jayne Železná: In 2 Funk A loaded gun held against 007 Strahov: Cablecar Theory (USA), Ravelin 7, Thema 11 (hc) an air of authority. Heís probably an are obviously an integral part of the All Colours Theatre: Faust (black light theater) at 8:30 elementary school teacher, but he your head is endowed world television culture of the last 20 Animato: Rock Therapy - Beatles Story (black light theater) at 8:30 could also be a politician, an art crit- years, but theyíre also universal sym- Branické Divadlo: The Open Couple (D. Fo, in Czech) at 7 with a different meaning Činoherní Klub: The Wood Demon (A.P. Chekhov, in Czech) at 7:30 ic, or a zombie. His index finger bols of authority in the same league as Psalteria Disk: The Marriage (N.V. Gogol, in Czech) at 7:30 shoots an invisible beam towards the parents and teachers. But the most Friday, February 14th at Balbínova Divadlo ABC: The Front Page (B. Hecht, in Czech) at 7 than the cap gun you Divadlo Bez Zábradlí: Festival of Slovak Theater - Krajčírky (J.C. picture-within-the-picture: This is the influential authority of the last 20 Grumberg, in Slovak) at 7 problem, he seems to be saying. chased your sister around years isnít God or any other spiritual Divadlo Jiřího Grossmanna: Wow - 3D black light theater show at 8 Divadlo Na Fidlovačce: The Rainmaker (R. Nash, in Czech) at 7:30 Whatever creepiness we feel look- deity ñ itís Television. Da Paintas may Divadlo Na Vinohradech: Lysistrata (Aristophanes, in Czech) at 7 with as a child. Divadlo V Řeznické: Desire Under the Elms (E. O´Neill, in Czech) at 7:30 ing at the guy dissipates into hilarity just be indulging a superficial obses- Image: Fiction (black light theater) at 8 when we turn our gaze to the forbid- Kolowrat: Countryside (M. Crimp, in Czech) at 7 Komedie: Je na čase, aby se TO změnilo (motional theater, E.L. den image and are met with this silly Tobiáš) at 7:30 green thing ñ maybe itís an alien from Kongresové Centrum: Singing In the Rain (choreography G. Kelly, S. Donen, musical, in Czech) at 3 an animated childrenís TV show, Laterna Magika: The Wonderful Circus at 8 maybe itís some sort of art prank by a ly down a street. They donít seem to Národní Divadlo: The Servant of Two Masters (C. Goldoni, in Czech) at 7 Pidivadlo: The Storm (A.N. Ostrovsky, in Czech) at 7 rebellious student. It waves at us with a be in any hurry, and we have no clue Ponec: Archa Adrift! - performance of the participants of the CandoCo dance theater workshops + discussion at 8 huge smile. We almost expect it to whether theyíre coming from the sta- Rokoko: Death of a Salesman (A. Miller, in Czech) at 7 burst into song. The little alien beck- tion, a false alarm or the neighbor- Rudolfinum: Prague Chamber Philharmony (Bodorová, Bruch, Milhaud, Weber) at 7:30 ons us to run away into fantasyland, a hood doughnut shop. We have no rea- Shakespeare & Sons: The Alchemy Reading & Performance Series - two-dimensional world of the imagina- son to loathe them, fear them or wor- You can have your riot grrrls and punk-rock poet Lucien Zell at 8 Švandovo Divadlo: The Tempest (W. Shakespeare, in Czech) at 7 tion, an enticing alternative next to ship them; theyíre just vulnerably chicks – Psalteria kicks it old school. Like, 15th Ta Fantastika: Aspects of Alice (black light theater) at 9:30 century. Billed as a “medieval girls band,” Ungelt: Killing of Sister George (F. Marcus, in Czech) at 7:55 the grim reality of Authority Man and there, suspended in this ordinary Viola: the exploding sky. moment, unable to sustain any real “I’ll get you and your little gun, too!” Psalteria re-creates Gothic and Renaissance Master Class (T. McNally, in Czech) at 8 This is the image that accosts the authority beyond the faÁade of their music (and dresses the part), covering early Tuesday, February 18 spectator upon entering the NoD uniforms and guns. sion with their recent past. Or they European songs from Spanish to Sephardic. The Agharta: Luboš Andršt Group (jazz & blues) Gallery above the Roxy, where a Beyond the obvious phallic conno- may be after something more subver- quartet’s sound is built on four-part harmony, Akcent: Pavla Kapitánová & Jakub Zahradník (blues, chanson) group of young Czech artists calling tations, a gun can be a powerful sym- sive: unmasking those action heroes but the glorious ladies of Psalteria also accom- Akropolis: Future Line (Big Hall), Dj Yukimura & guest (Small Scene), Hip Hop Djs Enemy & Kolator (Theater Bar) themselves ìDa Paintasî have bol, as well as a beautiful object, as as the commodification of the childís pany themselves on a variety of medieval instru- Balbínova Poetická Hospůdka: Jiří Dědeček ments – lute, drum, fiddle, shawn, whatever it Batalion: Läpplae installed an ebullient show conflating David »ern˝ and a three-quarter ass- imagination by an invisible apparatus Čajovna pod Stromem čajovým (tea room): Agnes Kutas & Jaroslav Kořán the seemingly limitless world of the load of contemporary artists have whose power defies all limits. takes. Their name is derived from the word for a (Hungarian folk songs) Guru: Cyberdance - Hedonix Sound System (psychedelic trance) childís imagination with the abject demonstrated. A loaded gun held to collection of psalms set to music; come worship Kafárna Na Kus Řeči: Dubia Fortuna (medieval ages music) machinery of the adults enlisted to your head is endowed with a differ- at Balbinova. ■ Markowitz Kain: Easy Rider, Beat In KC Kaštan: Létající koberec (shaman rituals, dream, house, ethno- police those wild escapist yearnings. ent meaning than the cap gun you trance-break-beat) Cops figure in works by two different chased your sister around with as a Travis Jeppesen is at [email protected] KC Zahrada: Bulabula (jazz) KD Opatov: Karel Plíhal Klamovka: Šantré (folk) La Provence: Chanson, Cancan Dancing Le Clan: Tropical Heat with Dj Mucho and guests GLOBE Lucerna Music Bar: The exhibit of Kol·¯ís work cur- drawing. The clear highlight of the And the End, Shampoo (big 60s show) Malostranská Beseda: Jablkoň rently at the French Instituteís modest exhibit, Kol·¯ís froissages utilize previ- Great Books Mánes: Taxmeni gallery couldnít possibly represent the ously existing works, in this case 17th- Meloun: 80s Party with Radio Kiss Djs Great Coffee cheap Metropolitan Jazz Club: Jitka Vrbová and MJB Quartet Crumpled entirety of his oeuvre. Instead, the century French drawings, to form new, Nebe: Dj Liquid A Great Food curators have chosen to focus on abstract pictures. The results occasion- internet! Reduta: Return to Silence Rock Café: The Ghost (USA) & Clou & guests three random strains of Kol·¯ís long ally resemble early Cubist efforts to Prague’s 1st English Language Sedm Vlků: Fatal Noise Djs (jungle, techno) Remembering Jiří Kolář’s career: confrontages from the early capture several different movements Bookstore and Coffeehouse U Malého Glena: Stan the Man “In Duo” v Ungelt Jazz´N´Blues Club: Jazz Efterrätt ë50s, a couple of rollages from the within a single image. Entire cities Pstrossova 6, Prague 1 Unijazz: Tuesday Escapes - Bob Dylan (presentation in Czech) at 6 beautiful mess. tel. 224 934 203 Vagon: Jam session - free entry! early ë60s, and a series of froissages crumble into themselves; pieces of Wakata: Djs Suki & Coltcharam (d´n´b) probably dating from 1977. (Oddly ornate buildings collide into one XT3: Dj O2 (tekhouse) Železná: Gothart (world music) t the time of his death last year, enough, none of the work in the cur- another and coalesce into chaotic anti- 007 Strahov: Djs Rude Audio Sound System (ska, reggae, 2tone) Ji¯Ì Kol·¯ had acquired a reputa- rent exhibit dates from Kol·¯ís years structures; noblemen are transformed CanDoCo All Colours Theatre: Faust (black light theater) at 8:30 Ation as one of the more inventive in France.) into grotesque, retarded machines. Sunday, February 9th and Monday, Animato: Rock Therapy - Beatles Story (black light theater) at 8:30 20th-century Czech artists. He was a Froissage is a method developed by Like most great artists of the past Činoherní Klub: Waiting for Godot (S. Beckett, in Czech) at 7:30 February 10th at Divadlo Ponec Divadlo Bez Zábradlí: Festival of Slovak Theater - The Birthday Party member of Group 42 and the first Kol·¯ís friend Ladislav Nov·k in which century, Kol·¯ was both an anarchist (H. Pinter, in Slovak) at 7 Divadlo Jiřího Grossmanna: Wow - 3D black light theater show at 8 Czech Group of Experimental Poetry, the lines made by crumpling up a and a reactionary. In order to ìmake Divadlo Na Fidlovačce: Le Dindon (G. Feydeau, in Czech) at 7:30 and he helped develop the collage piece of paper are used to create a it new,î the artist must systematically Divadlo Na Vinohradech: A Flea in Her Ear (G. Feydeau, in Czech) at 7 Divadlo Na Zábradlí: In the Summer House (J. Bowles, in Czech) at 7 techniques of froissage and con- reject every aesthetic tendency thatís Divadlo U Hasičů: The Ispector General (N.V. Gogol, in Czech) at 7 frontage. come before; the artist can either Image: Fiction (black light theater) at 8 Klementinum: The Best of Classics - T. Vejvoda - violin, P. Mišejka - As writing poems and crumpling accomplish this task via exclusion or cello, R. Jelínková - piano (Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, Dvořák, up pieces of paper were considered destruction. Witnessing first-hand the Smetana) at 5 Kolowrat: Not Just Hamlet - Radovan Lukavský Beneficium at subversive activities under the com- steady self-destruction of European Komedie: Wyrd Sisters (T. Pratchett, S. Briggs, in Czech) at 7:30 munist regime, Kol·¯ was continu- civilization throughout his life, it Kongresové Centrum: Singing In the Rain (choreography G. Kelly, S. Donen, musical, in Czech) at 3 ously harassed and jailed by the seems only natural that Kol·¯ would Laterna Magika: The Wonderful Circus at 8 Malé Nosticovo Divadlo: Vagina Monologues (E. Ensler, in Czech) at 8 authorities. After he signed Charter go the latter route ñ picking through Mlejn: Cosmic Dance Hall I or Belated Lover (movement theater, 77, life became unbearable in his the debris and disfiguring all that he authorial project of the PAPP theater, in Czech) at 8 Národní Divadlo: Comedy of Errors (W. Shakespeare, in Czech) at 7 native country. The artist emigrated came across, granting his objects a Obecní Dům: Prague Symphony Orchestra (J. Suk, S. Prokofiev, A. to France, where he continued to novel significance that certainly Schnittke) at 7:30 Don’t miss this chance to see CanDoCo as part Pidivadlo: Dancing at Lughnasa (B. Friel, in Czech) at 7 work and was finally able to attain wouldíve baffled their original cre- of the Archa Adrift! Program at the Ponec the- Švandovo Divadlo: Volpone (B. Johnson, in Czech) at 7, Václav some international renown. ators. ■ Travis Jeppesen Koubek & Pavel Fajt (concert, in the Studio) at 9 ater. The British company astounded Czech audi- Ta Fantastika: Aspects of Alice (black light theater) at 9:30 ences in 2001, and this time its they’re bringing Ungelt: Marriage Play (E. Albee, in Czech) at 7:55 not one, but three newly devised works by chore- on display FEBRUARY 7—20 ographers Jamie Watton (Phasing), Javier de Wednesday, February 19 Agharta: Luboš Andršt Group (jazz & blues) Frutos (Sour Milk), and Fin Walker (Shadow). Akropolis: Nahoru po schodišti dolů band - CD realese party (Big Eli Geiser, Galerie Bayer & Bayer, through Feb. 8 Institute, through Feb. 16 Gypsies, exiles, actors, the ‘68 invasion and the Municipal Library, through Mar. 30 Phasing is an upbeat exploration of human rela- Hall), Dj Zhulenos Aires & guest (elektro, acidtek, freestyle, Small Asphalt and skin by a Swiss expat. A critic, curator, and professor at FAMU, Birgus devastated landscape, all seen through the lens An important exhibition covering every major Scene), Cottage Djs t.n.t. & call.da & juan (house, Theater Bar) also takes pictures. of this Czech photographer. movement in Slovakia, 1925-2000. tionships set to a soundtrack created by the Balbínova Poetická Hospůdka: Radim Hladík and Jaroslav Hutka Czechoslovak Socialist-Realism 1948-58, Galerie Steven Reich Group. Sour Milk is an elaborate, Batalion: Koko Trio Rudolfinum, through Feb. 9 Da Paintas, Galerie NoD, through Feb. 20 Antonín Procházka (1882-1945), Obcení dům, through Mar. 2 Edward Steichen, Leica Gallery, through Mar. 30 Futurum: Krucipüsk, Eleison Klement, landscape, dam, Stalin, Klement, land- Danda Horáčková, Benjamin Šoltész, Marek The largest exhibit to date of this Czech Steichen was responsible for the infamous “Family theatrical piece set to visceral Chinese drum- Guru: Eastpark (guitar poprock) scape, dam, Stalin. Hyksa, Martin Káňa, and Jan Kaláb take over Modernist’s paintings. of Man” exhibition, and his work for Vanity Fair ming, and Shadow is a stroboscopic piece rely- Industry: Dance party Djs - Happy Night - Michal Jirák & Liner upstairs at the Roxy (see review, above.) had a lasting impact on portrait photography. Kain: Joe Satriani revival World of Stars and Illusion, Galerie Mánes, through Feb. 9 František Tichý, Prague City Gallery at House at the ing on precision and speed. CanDoCo has been KD Opatov: Original Indigo (dixieland) Tracing the evolution of the film poster from Split Points, Veletržní palác, through Feb. 23 Stone Bell, through Mar. 2 Berlin-Praha-Berlin, Galerie Mánes, Feb. 13-Mar. 11 performing together since 1991, guided by the Klub V Jelení: Oldřich Janota (guitar recital) the silent era to the present, this exhibition What’s going on in Dresden these days? This Another Czech modern painter. Lots of clowns Čečo’s latest work goes on display. La Provence: Soul Connection, Travesti Show conceptual premise of blending performers with Le Clan: Nuit Sexy - Djs does an admirable job of putting the work into group show provides an answer. on display. Lucerna Music Bar: Brutus a local context. Through Antonín Hudeček’s Landscape of the Soul, Czech physical handicaps with non-handicapped per- Malostranská Beseda: Teenagers, Dragan Dragin: Shepherd’s Constellation, Brnkání na duši (Strumming on the Soul) - Pavel Galerie Display, through Feb. 23 Josef Sudek Museum of Fine Art, Feb. 19-Apr. 21 formers. Given the omnipresence of electronics Žalman Lahonka & guests (folk) Like Old Maps, Obcení galerie beseda, through Feb. 16 The first joint exhibition of Slovak conceptual Atelier, through Mar. 2 This exhibition by Antonín Hudeček is a survey Mánes: Motovidlo, Zelená půlnoc (country) More like oil paintings by Italian artist Rosemaria artists and longtime collaborators Roman Ondak A series of black-and-white double portraits, peo- of his work emphasising the early stage of his in music, it seems only natural to employ Meloun: BBQ Smoke Style + guest (live), discotheque with Dj Jirka Benini. and Julius Koller in the Czech Republic. ple/landscape. career, and features loans from the Prague Švesták National Gallery, the Moravian Gallery in Brno mechanical devices to augment human capabil- Metropolitan Jazz Club: Jazz Fiddlers (traditional jazz) Vladimír Birgus: Something Unspeakable, Austrian Cultural Josef Koudelka, Veletržní palác, through Feb. 23 Slovak Photography, Prague City Gallery at the and a number of other Czech regional galleries. ities in performance. ■Jayne Mlejn: Jarda Samson Lenk + Hop Trop (folk) Nebe: Dj Big J - Soul food Norton: Dj Chris Cags the prague pill February 6—20, 2003 19 listings Prague International N11: Brutus Reduta: Emil Viklický Trio Blues Night-Albert Lee Rock Café: Bublifuck (videoclip release party) & Soul Discount savage Salmovská literární kavárna: On the Ways of the Twilight -J. Rychterová Tuesday, February 11th at Lucerna (singer) Music Bar Sedm Vlků: Djs Element & B.One (techno) love U Malého Glena: Groove (groove, funky, acid jazz, blues) Ultramarin: Dj David Bowles Ungelt Jazz´N´Blues Club: Roman Pokorný & Blues Box Heroes Vagon: Echt! (punk) Wakata: The Original Moody Djs Baltazar & Filippitch (funk, latino) XT3: DJs Crew Wednesday - Djs Rido & Hellium (d´n´b) Železná: Sextet Pana Jana (fusion) 007 Strahov: Djs Pold.1K & Reverb (jungle night) A Studio Rubín: Dog´s Heart (M. Bulgakov, in Czech) at 7:30 Alfred ve Dvoře: Bliss (V. Švejda, dance theater, scenic comics & pan- tomime) at 8 The Bug Chasers All Colours Theatre: Faust (black light theater) at 8:30 Animato: Rock Therapy - Beatles Story (black light theater) at 8:30 Činoherní Klub: A Midsummer Night´s Sex (W. Allen, in Czech) at 7:30 A new gay subculture fetishizes the virus. Damúza: Emil, the ignorant lover (J. Cocteau, in Czech, performed by Todivadlo) at 8 Dejvické Divadlo: The Brothers Karamazov (F.M. Dostoyevsky, in By Dan Savage Czech) at 7:30 Divadlo ABC: The Ash and Akvavit (B. Ahlfors, in Czech) at 7 Lucerna’s International Blues Nights, which only Divadlo Bez Zábradlí: Festival of Slovak Theater - Striptease Tartuffe went on to The Drudge Report 42 percent of them are occurring in was the most shocking thing in it. That (Moliére, Polák, Císař, in Slovak) at 7 last month imported the American Bernard Divadlo Jiřího Grossmanna: Wow - 3D black light theater show at 8 today and read something that men who have sex with men. (The honor goes to a comment by Daniel Divadlo Na Vinohradech: The Lady from Maxim´s (G. Feydeau, in Allison, welcomes another stellar fretter, Albert must be a bunch of shit or a com- rest of the infections are attributed Castellanos, assistant director of com- Czech) at 7 Lee, native of Herefordshire, England. With near- I Divadlo V Celetné: Bloody Wedding (F.G. Lorca, in Czech) at 7:30 plete hoax: ìMAG: 25% OF NEW to heterosexual sex and IV drug munity education at Gay Menís Divadlo V Řeznické: Premiere of Youth (Ch. Giudicelli, in Czech) at 7:30 flawless technique and speed that would put an HIV-INFECTED GAY MEN SOUGHT use.) That means the number of new Health Crisis in New York. Image: Cabinet (black light theater) at 8 F-16 to shame, Lee is a guitar geek’s wet dream. Klementinum: H. Jonášová - soprano, M. Laštovka - trumpet, Z. OUT VIRUS, SAYS SAN FRAN infections in gay and bisexual men Castellanos, who acknowledges that Němečková - organ (Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart) at 5 Aspiring pickers working at fast-food eateries HEALTH OFFICIAL.î Is there any each year is roughly 17,000, not the bug-chasing phenomenon is real, Kongresové Centrum: Chicago (F. Ebb, B. Fosse, musical, in Czech) at 7 and still living in their mothers’ basements often Laterna Magika: The Wonderful Circus at 8 truth to this? The link was e-mailed all 40,000. Even if that sensational 25 was asked if he would try to talk some- Malé Nosticovo Divadlo: Vagina Monologues (E. Ensler, in Czech) at 8 slow his records to half-speed to steal a few tasty over my office today and it makes gay percent figure is accurate ñ and one out of trying to catch HIV. ìIf Národní Divadlo: Marketa Lazarová (V. Vančura, in Czech) at 7 licks. For the average music lover, however, Lee NoD: Woman Who Killed God (dance theater, direction O. David) at 8 men look awful if itís true. Can you thatís one huge ìifî (thereís no actu- someone comes to me and says he Obecní Dům: Prague Symphony Orchestra (J. Suk, S. Prokofiev, A. has much to offer: a wide-ranging repertoire, an prove or disprove Matt Drudgeís out- al data backing it up, only a disputed wants to get HIV,î Castellanos replies, Schnittke) at 7:30 amazing sense of showmanship, and, with the Orfeus: Beatniks - A. Ginsberg, G. Corso, L. Ferlinghetti (talk, in rageous claims? I sincerely hope that quote) ñ that would mean there are ìI might work with him around the Czech) at 7 accompanying Hogan’s Heroes, incredibly tight itís not true and that Matt Drudgeís ìonlyî 4,250 conscious and subcon- why he wants to do it. ... But if in the Ponec: The Nangnang Drum (magic play, author - Cchö in-hun, direc- ensemble playing. Like his less-talented peers tion - Ho Shin, South Korea) at 8 ìjournalistî badge is revoked! scious bug chasers getting infected end thatís a decision he wants to Rokoko: The Revenge of Caramba L. (W. Norfolk, in Czech) at 7 Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page, Lee is living proof Can’t Trust Drudge Rudolfinum: Concert of the Prague Spring 2002 laureate at 5:30, every year, not 10,000. Whatís worse, make, thereís a point where we have Czech National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Paul Freeman that you don’t have to be African-American to by lumping conscious bug chasers (a to respect peopleís decisions.î (Beethoven, Mahler) at 7:30 play the blues. You can also be English. ■Cohen Salesiánské Divadlo: Columna Vertebrarum (modern dance) at 8 Sorry, CTD, but we canít take very small number of very crazy ass- While active ìbug chasingî may only Stavovské Divadlo: Švejk´s Grandson (L. Balák, in Czech) at 7 away Drudgeís journalism holes) in with subconscious bug account for a handful of new infec- Studio Ypsilon: Orfeus in the Underworld (J. Offenbach, operetta, in Czech) at 7:30 badge. First, thereís no such chasers (a comparatively large num- tions in gay men, the inability of Švandovo Divadlo: Clavijo (J.W. Goethe, in Czech) at 7 thing as a journalism badge. Second, ber of self-destructive gay dopes) HIV/AIDS educators to aggressively Ta Fantastika: Aspects of Alice (black light theater) at 9:30 Ungelt: Play Strindberg (F. Dürrenmatt, in Czech) at 7:55 Tuning Metronomes the claim that 25 percent of all new Freeman dishonestly distorts the challenge gay men surely accounts for Wednesday, February 12 at the Atrium HIV infections in gay men are inten- scale of the problem. a large chunk. Since the arrival on the Thursday, February 20 at 7:30pm tional wasnít made by Matt Drudge. scene of effective treatments for HIV, Agharta: Petr Zeman Quintet (fusion) Drudge doesnít do much actual gay men in urban areas have been Akropolis: Vltava (Big Hall), Dread Beat Squad (Small Scene), Djs reporting; any Drudge Report regular busily re-creating the kind of sexual Groof & Renda (house, deephouse, Theater Bar) Balbínova Poetická Hospůdka: Pětník (vocal) can tell you that his website is almost subcultures that laid out the welcome Batalion: 80s Party entirely composed of links to stories in mat for HIV in the 1970s. Rates of sex- Delta: Neočekávaný dýchánek + guest Perhaps some unknown Futurum: Visací zámek, Dj JB 008 other publications. All Drudge is ually transmitted diseases are soaring, Guru: Hermafrodit, Discrimination & Dj Lamontes (electronic body music) guilty of is disseminating a claim made STD is gaining a toehold and ñ who knows? ñ perhaps some Industry: Dance party Djs - E.S.W.L. Kafárna Na Kus Řeči: Marw (Irish, Celtic music) in the February 6 issue of Rolling Stone. unknown STD is gaining a toehold in Kain: Törr Gregory Freeman wrote the story in urban gay scenes, just urban gay scenes, just as HIV did in the Kavárna Na Půl Cesty: Extempore (underground) KC Zahrada: Jiří Schmitzer (recital) that Drudge trumpeted on his site. as HIV did in the 70s. 70s. And at the same time that infec- La Provence: Alice & Company, The Robots, Electric Boogie Freemanís piece focuses on so-called tion rates are rising among gay men, Le Clan: Show a la House with Dušan - Djs Lucerna Music Bar: U2 revival ìbug chasers,î HIV-negative gay men the education strategy in vogue at Gay Malostranská Beseda: T4 - S.Kubeš, V. Guma Kulhánek, R. Dragoun, who are actively trying to get infected, Menís Health Crisis and other AIDS M. Kopřiva (rock) Mánes: Sebranka (country) and ìgift givers,î HIV-positive gay men organizations is: We must respect the Meloun: Karaoke - Dj Aned Brumla who are only too happy to infect other Considering how badly Freeman decisions gay men make, up to and Metropolitan Jazz Club: XXL Blues Band Mlejn: Mlejnice gay men. After a depressing slog botched some relatively simple and including the decision to get infected Nebe: Dj Absolut POP through the cracked thinking of one widely available stats, and how he dis- with HIV for fun. Itís a bizarre and, Prosek: Disharmonici, Odečet plynu Radost FX: Soultrain - resident Djs Big J, Rico, Special-K (soul + r’n’b night) bug chaser, Freeman whips a little torts the size of the problem, his judging from those infection rates, Reduta: Golden Swing amateur psychoanalysis on us: entire piece is easily dismissed. But shockingly ineffective strategy. Rock Café: 60s party - Sunflower Caravan & guests Salmovská literární kavárna: Ivan Hlas ì[Some] see HIV infection as the damage has been done, thanks Perhaps itís time for AIDS groups to Sedm Vlků: Music Shuffle In a strange role reversal from the previous era, inevitable ... so they decide to take in part to Drudge, and the 25 per- start telling gay men the truth. Taking U Malého Glena: Blues Messengers U Vystřelenýho Oka: Holmes Šolmes bezva hrajou our pop culture has silently evolved an under- control of the situation and infect cent figure, as Andrew Sullivan com- stupid sexual risks ñ even if risk turns Ultramarin: Dj Thomas (acid jazz, dance) ground, nearly irrelevant scene of previously themselves. For others, deliberately plained on Salon.com, ìwill soon be you on ñ is reckless. Anal sex on the Ungelt Jazz´N´Blues Club: Roman Pokorný & Blues Box Heroes Vagon: Nahoru Po Schodišti Dolů Band high-culture art, especially music. Tuning infecting themselves is the ultimate accepted as fact,î despite the story first date ñ even with condoms ñ is a Wakata: Djs Babe LN & 2K (d´n´b, downtempo) Metronomes is one of the few dedicated ensem- taboo ... and that has a strong erotic having ìcompletely fallen apart.î bad idea. Giving someone HIV ñ even XT3: Wondah of da unda - Djs Pepe & A.L.I. (hip hop) Železná: Emil Viklický Trio (contemporary jazz) bles that thrive in this ghetto, and one of the appeal for some men who have tried Personally, I donít think Freemanís if he wants it ñ is immoral. Being a 007 Strahov: Robocop Craus, Landmine Spring very few who play. This show (and their perfor- everything else.î story has completely fallen apart, nor huge slut ñ as popular as it might Alfred ve Dvoře: Bliss (V. Švejda, dance theater, scenic comics & pan- mances are much closer to shows than con- Then he introduces Dr. Bob Cabaj, do I think the entire piece should be make you ñ has physical and emotion- tomime) at 8 certs) features the works of Karlheinz director of behavioral-health services dismissed. While the 25 percent fig- al consequences. And, finally, gay men All Colours Theatre: Faust (black light theater) at 8:30 Animato: Rock Therapy - Beatles Story (black light theater) at 8:30 Stockhausen, Anton Webern and Igor Stravinsky. for San Francisco County. ìSome men ure is clearly bullshit, the barebacking need to be told that stupid decisions Branické Divadlo: Last of the Red Hot Lovers (N. Simon, in Czech) at 7 ■ consciously seek the virus,î Freeman websites Freeman writes about are donít deserve anyoneís respect. So Damúza: Play Strindberg - The Dance of Death (A. Strindberg, in Open your ears and get marginalized. Cohen Czech, performed by the Divadlo Neklid) at 8 writes, paraphrasing Cabaj, ìwhile real, and some men with HIV are only long as AIDS educators refuse to chal- Divadlo ABC: The Importance of Being Ernest (O. Wilde, in Czech) at 7 many more are just as actively seeking too willing to engage in unprotected lenge gay men, HIV infection rates Divadlo Bez Zábradlí: Festival of Slovak Theater - Closer (P. Marber, in Slovak) at 7 HIV but are in denial and wouldnít call sex with guys who arenít HIV-positive. will continue to rise. Thatís the real Divadlo Na Fidlovačce: The Marriage (N.V. Gogol, in Czech) at 7:30 themselves bug chasers.î Then And before gay men congratulate scandal, not Matt Drudgeís link, or Divadlo Na Vinohradech: Don Juan (Moliére, in Czech) at 7, An Evening Třetí dech with the Family/ Unveiling (V. Havel, in Czech, in the rehearsal Wednesday, February 12th at Balbínova Freeman blows his wad, spewing the themselves for ìonlyî making up 42 Gregory Freemanís story, or Rolling room) at 7 shocking sound bite that The Drudge percent of all new HIV infections, Stoneís ineptitude. Divadlo Na Zábradlí: The Baroness and the Maid (M. Mackenzie, in Poetická Hospůdka Czech) at 7 Report made famous: ìCabaj estimates consider this: Gay and bisexual men Divadlo V Celetné: The Metamorphosis (F. Kafka, in Czech) at 7:30 that at least twenty-five percent of all make up only 3 percent of the popu- Divadlo V Řeznické: Exit the King (E. Ionesco, in Czech) at 7:30 Gong: 9 Lives (movement theater, choreography A. Svobodová) at 7:30 newly infected gay men fall into that lation. Regardless of how gay men are Pill readers are encouraged Image: Cabinet (black light theater) at 8 category.î getting the virus, they are getting Kolowrat: Vabank (M. Puig, in Czech) at 7 to send their question, no Komedie: 2 in 1 - Expedient Packing (performed by the M.U.T. 2003 The day after Drudge picked up infected at appalling rates. Mensch und Trauma, in Czech) at 9:30 the story, Cabaj accused Freeman of Why? Thereís a clue in Freemanís matter how gross, to Malé Nosticovo Divadlo: Vagina Monologues (E. Ensler, in Czech) at 8 NoD: Bacchantes 20th February 2003 - experimental inspiring fabricating his quotes. In an interview piece. When I read the article, I didnít [email protected]. workshop on a Bacchus theme (in Czech) at 8 with Newsweek, the doctor denied ever think the now-infamous ì25 percentî Pidivadlo: The Trojan Women (B. Vian, in Czech) at 7 Stavovské Divadlo: Romeo and Juliet (W. Shakespeare, in Czech) at 7 saying that 25 percent of the new Švandovo Divadlo: Mother´s Day (D. Storey, in Czech, in the Studio) at 7 infections in gay men are due to bug Ta Fantastika: Aspects of Alice (black light theater) at 9:30 Ungelt: Sylvia (A.R. Gurney, in Czech) at 7:55 chasing. Freeman told Newsweek that Viola: Master Class (T. McNally, in Czech) at 8 he quoted Cabaj accurately and implied that Cabaj got cold feet once the story hit the cable news talk shows. Who to believe? On the one hand, I know from personal experience that at least 25 percent of the people who work in AIDS ñ how can I put this nice- ly? ñ are gutless wonders. People who work in HIV/AIDS have told me things in on-the-record interviews that they denied saying once their quotes were published. On the other hand, Treti dech, with a modicum of talent and pride, Freeman goes on to make such a huge, keeps the tradition of Czech “folkor” alive. This is glaring, obvious error that any reason- cigarette-smoking, beer-stein-pounding, felt-hat- able person has to doubt his skills as a wearing fun for the whole family. Well, at least reporter, and his motives. After trot- everyone in the family old enough to drink. An inter- ting out the 25 percent figure in his esting aside: The Balbinova pub may be the only Rolling Stone story, Freeman writes this: such establishment in the world to have proudly ìWith about 40,000 new infections in lent its name to a political party – the Balbinove the United States per year, according to government reports, that would Poeticky strany, a brainchild of Magor, the guru of mean around 10,000 each year are Prague’s own Plastic People of the Universe. Aside attributable to that more liberal defin- from the fact that Magor drinks there, Balbinova is ition of bug chasing.î a fairly typical, if slightly more lively, representative Uh, no. While the U.S. Centers for of the typical corner hospoda. And Třetí dech will Disease Control and Prevention esti- take the night up another notch or two. It’s hump ■ mates that there are ìapproximately day, so come on and get some culture. Jayne 40,000 new HIV infections occurring in the United States every year,î only 20 February 6—20, 2003 the prague pill

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170 KË and shoots up to 480 KË for the rare sea ear or abalone (awabi). If youíre on a budget, the sets offer good value at 395 KË to 690 KË, but donít be Eat It Raw tempted by the Kirin beer. That novel- ty alone adds a whopping 130 KË to the bill. Reservations are recommend- Trawling for the best sushi in town. ed, but weeknights appear to be slow, By Scott MacMillan perhaps a product of the season. Hanil Slavíkova 24, P3 Tel. 222 715 867 Open Mon.-Sat. 11 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m. – 11 p.m.

ith a good seating area and large Korean-Japanese menu Wdevoted to more than sushi, éiûkovís Hanil makes an ideal choice for a large group. In terms of dÈcor and atmosphere, Hanil is likely as close as youíll get in Prague to a taste- Opening Soon... ful, run-of-the-mill Japanese restau- rant in a bigger Western city. Its wood- ed interior, marble tables and com- Rose & Crown fortable banquettes could lie off a major street in New York or London. Traditional British Sports Pub The range of specialities is wide, Masná 3, Prague 1 with Korean dishes prepared mini-bar- beque style on a grill at the table, www.roseandcrown.cz warm starters like chicken wings, cold e-mail: [email protected] Gone fishin’ in Smichov. starters like kimchee (pickled cabbage), hot-pot soups and Japanese mainstays ushi is one of those rare global- aesthetic ensembles are the norm. Its such as vegetable and fish tempura. ization-resistant foods. It would nine-piece sashimi set is almost as On the whole, prices are above Sbe a surprise to find a restaurant enjoyable to look at as it is to eat. (But average in terms of Prague restaurants in Prague specializing in food from, not quite.) The wait staff (thereís usu- (above 300 KË for most entrees, but say, Namibia, but if you wanted to ally only one waiter; he and the chef with a number of less expensive appe- start one, you probably could. And if are brothers) is helpful when asked tizers), but the sushi section offers you tried hard enough you could and invisible otherwise. And with a exceptionally good value, with items make the food just as good as it is restaurant the size of a crab cage, like a 12-piece avocado maki roll for back in Namibia. You might have theyíre never far off. only 145 KË. A maguro cut perhaps fell trouble finding an importer of good too much on the lean side, but quality Restaurant Gitanes Kalahari truffles, and you might have and freshness are reliable and consis- to start your own springbok farm, but tent. The drawback is the lack of vari- TrûiötÏ 7 it could be done. ety; the sushi menu is limited com- Mal· Strana Sushi, on the other hand, is of a by- The nine-piece sashimi pared to the other places on this page. 118 00 Praha 1 gone era. Barring the emergence of a Small sushi sets go for 330-400 KË, local restaurant serving fresh-killed set is almost as while chirashi sushi makes a good 257 530 163 fish from an on-premises tank (youíll enjoyable to look at as it lunch or light dinner at 450 KË. [email protected] be the first to know, but donít hold Cleanse your palate with a dab of pick- your breath) or a slightly less likely is to eat. led ginger and a 60 KË ginseng tea. www.gitanes.cz seismic cataclysm that rearranges Europeís geography, youíll never find top-quality sushi in Prague; the seaís Millhouse Sushi just too darned far away. No amount Slovanský dům of improvement in ìjust-in-timeî The appetizer always consists of Na přikopě 22, P1 delivery will change that. breaded fried fish, the selection of Tel. 221 451 771 Or so they say. Logistics aside, letís which changes daily, sprinkled with Open daily 11 a.m. – 11 p.m. get real for a moment: Anybody who sesame seeds and served on a small comes to the Czech Republic, or any bed of salad with exquisitely nutty landlocked country, and complains dressing. Expect to pay a reasonable illhouse wins a mention for its about the quality of the sushi should 50 KË couvert for this worthy starter. unbeatable location, just inside have his rod bent, especially after the Preparation can often take some Mthe courtyard of the Slovansk˝ explosion of decent sushi outlets time ñ a drawback. The best sushi d˘m shopping mall in the center of over the last two years. chefs are quick with the knife, as Prague, site of the cityís busiest cine- Expect to pay a bundle relative to sushi lovers do not suffer delay glad- ma. Millhouseís fare is unspectacular other cuisines in Prague, but few local ly. For the best catch, ask the staff but safe, with the quality of items con- sushi places are outright rip-offs. whatís freshest. High-turnover items sistently in the fair-to-middling range. Sushi, like many overseas commodi- such as tuna (maguro) and salmon The restaurantsí gimmick is a con- ties, is more expensive than local (saki) are always decent bets; a veyor belt, a staple of sushi bars offerings. While some imports recent visit yielded exceptionally around the globe. Judging by the attempt to adjust their prices for local tasty servings of sea bass based on the freshness of some items, Iíd guess budgets, sushi hasnít deigned to dine staffís recommendation. Millhouse does not have adequate with the natives. Still, thereís expen- Oddly enough, this is probably the business to support the concept. The sive and thereís expensive, and at most most ìCzechî of Pragueís sushi dens. staff assured me that nothing stays on places, sushi makes for a reasonable The owner, manager, waiter, and chef the belt for more than 10 minutes; if Saturday-night splurge. Stick with are all Czech, and guests consist main- so, then the customer pays extra for these recommendations, and may ly of well-heeled natives ready to shell wasted food. For the record, I your dining be bacteria-free. out 700 KË and up for a meal. The observed one tekka maki circling Sushi Bar and the neighboring untouched for 15 minutes. Ideally, Seafood Shop (a wholesale distribu- sushi should be eaten immediately The Sushi Bar tor and retail store) are the property after itís cut. Zborovská 49a, P5 of Luk·ö PospÌöil, who last year added Recent staff recommendations (bordering Malá strana) to his portfolio of piscine businesses included salmon and red snapper. Tel. 603 244 882 by acquiring and reconstructing the The latter ñ from the menu, not the Open daily noon-10 p.m. CafÈ Savoy across the street. Savoy baggage claim ñ had the exceptionally now specializes in fresh seafood, giv- fresh taste of the ocean. The salmon ing this corner the largest concentra- was on the fatty side, with a thin layer etís say atmosphere, location and tion of fresh fish of any in Prague. of flab around the edge, making for a price are of no consideration. Two-piece sushi a la carte starts at full, none-too-subtle flavor. LYouíre simply looking for The It may surprise some that Mil- Best Sushi in Prague. Make your way lhouse Sushi did not get its name to The Sushi Bar, a sleek, miniature from Richard Nixon (himself an avid spot in Smichov that takes a com- fisherman, but his middle name had manding lead in quality and presen- only one ìlî). Rather, it came from an tation, scoring excellent marks in actual mill that once served as a prop most other categories as well. and leitmotif at the companyís first LA CREPERIE A good sushi chef approaches his location in flood-ravaged KarlÌn. or her work with measured artistry, Owing to the recent disturbances, Genuine French bakery in Prague Bar-Restaurant-Salon de Thé Kostelní 16, Praha 7-Letná THE CELTIC ATMOSPHERE FROM BRETAGNE arranging the colorful slices of raw the first Millhouse will be closed until Open Monday to Friday 07.30 am - 09.00 pm fish, salmon roe, the green dab of later this year. DELIVERY SERVICE-CATERING Janovského 4, Praha 7-Letná wasabi (or imitation wasabi), and pick- Sandwiches-panini-salads-quiches-deserts Open daily 09.00 am- 11.00 pm www.delicatesse.cz tel.: 220 878 040 led ginger enticingly just so. The tel.: 220 571 775 enjoyment of sushi, above all other foods, relies on more than just stuff- Scott MacMillan is a co-owner of Tulip Café. ing and swallowing. At The Sushi Bar, He can be reached at [email protected]. the prague pill February 6—20, 2003 21 Broken Breaks By Tim Otis My musical survival depends quite superficially on a steady soundtrack of breaks, the occasional live gig, and the pervasive atmosphere of “what’s next.” Prague’s recent resurgence into all things Breakbeat is due in large part to local promoter Josef Sedlon’s creation of “The Breakbeat Conference,” a weekly radio broadcast highlighting new releases with Riverside terrrace the fresh-faced youngster Dj Kaplick. Sedlon’s local production company, True Neapolitan pizza Lighthouse, has recently booked some highbrow talent in this genre, including Excellent International and Czech cuisine Adam Freeland, Koma & Bones, The Drummatic Twins and Lee “Perfecto” 15 m bar Coombs. The recent Freeland show at the Roxy was a heart-stopper. Local DJs meshed effortlessly with the Marine Parade Regular music program label founder, alongside a fascist-style podium caked in foil framed by Union Downtempo lounge-style chillout with DJs and live sets Jacks. A 500-plus crowd stomped to the inescapable 2/4 rhythms ‘til dawn. Dj bars ' like Punto Azul, XT3 and Wakata have Cihelna 2b helped fuel this renaissance, inviting those 118 00 Praha - Mala' Strana with vinyl to B.Y.O.V. Come ‘round and show them! No ego, no groupies, just solid steady beats to coat your weekends. Reservations: On the 7th the Bugged Out crew 257 535 534 descends on Dlouha for yet another incomparable UK treat. Justin “Lionrock” [email protected] Robertson will headline on a fresh bed of www.cihelna.com ripe local talent. Justin’s 2001 release, Revtone delves deep into the electro/clash genre with bleepy ‘80s synth patches and rave-esque melodies that push this well- established DJ/producer further into uncharted realms. The Bugged Out format has been a monster success for the Roxy. Try and make it down and save the airfare to London for drinks and couscous in the Indian themed chill-out hosted by Lucas and Airto. February also features the return of the Reading-based Sneaker Pimps on the 27th. I unfairly gave up on this outfit when lead siren Kelli Dayton departed following the Pimps’ wildly successful debut West Coast Style Coffeeshop Becoming X in ‘96. The band has indeed hit stride with the lushly crafted Splinter (Clean Up ‘99) and Bloodsport (Tommy Boy ‘02). Liam Howe conceives and FFrreeee produces all the tracks, and Chris Corner handles vocal responsibilities quite tidily. iinntteerrnneett This is a sensible, cerebral pop band that continues to surprise critics and fans alike. Their last Roxy set was a well-attended and wwiitthh tight performance. Trip hop’s not dead yet. If you make only one show this month, Voted 3x ppuurrcchhaassee!! catch the TCR production team of Koma & Bones at Radost FX on the 22nd. Heralded the best by Remix magazine as the “best breaks remixers of 2002,” this duo from Lancaster, coffee in England has been responsible for treatments of The Crystal Method, Kosheen, X-Press 2 and the stunning Prague! rework of New Orders classic “Confusion.” Their Blinded by Science album continues Open Mon/Fri: 7am—10pm, Sat/Sun: 9am—10pm to spawn quality 12-inch floor fillers. Courtyard Platýz, Národní třída 37 Currently in studio with D&B legend Tel.: 224 228 862 • e-mail: [email protected] • www.kava-coffee.cz Proteus, Koma & Bones’ second full length will drop later this year on Thursday Club Recordings. Widely acclaimed and fresh from touring Australia and Asia, their discs are favorites with the likes of Hybrid, Blim, Hyper and Tayo. What? There’s more? Devotees MUST NOT miss the incomparable Lee”Perfecto” Coombs and Rennie Pilgrem gig at Abaton on the March 8th. Tribal Tech-House vs. Tech Breaks on two floors should send skeptics sailing. Why Lighthouse continues to program these costly and renowned demi-gods of the industry remains a mystery. I for one will follow the breaks gospel set forth by Saint Sedlon and solemnly attend. For weeklies, check out Red Beard Records’ Chris Cags & Tram Party “Chemist” Sundays at Naif off Old Town for veggie grub, green tea and fat, soulful house beats. For R&B: M1’s Big J sells out in style with Top 40 teasers every Friday. Thongs and tube tops abound as the clueless crowd does Finlandia shots and flops about to Jerome’s thumping radio fare. Consistent quality breaks can be had in the Brown Bar at Akropolis Saturdays. Look for DJs Boland and Blue and a revolving array of up and coming breaksters to keep your soul-a twitching. 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