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flavorpill CHI http://chi.flavorpill.net/current_mailer.jsp Subscribe below to receive the current flavorpill CHI — an email magazine covering music, art, and cultural events — the moment it comes out every Tuesday. your email address subscribe Subscription is free. We will not rent or sell your address, and we do not spam. Flavorpill complies with the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. For more, read our ANTI-SPAM/Privacy Policy. flavorpill CHI | NYC | SF | LA | LONDON September 26 - October 2, 2006 Phil Wheeler Cultural Stimuli in CHI flavorpill CHI is an email magazine covering a Issue 106: xx-chromosome flavor hand-picked selection of music, art, and cultural The rules governing the X 'n Y sex-determination system are events — delivered each Tuesday afternoon. complex (who knew one letter made all the difference between boys and girls?), but this week, it's clear that twice the "X" equals twice the cultural clout. The female-friendly Estrojam Music and Culture Festival reunites queercore legends Team Dresch and welcomes provocative German hyphenate Nina Hagen along with Brooklyn's Fannypack (they of the old-school beats and signature cautionary tale about frontal wedgies). The culture critics at Bitch magazine celebrate ten years of feminist commentary with a new book and, of course, a dance party, while choreographer Liz Lerman uses dance of an altogether different sort to explore the thorny ethics of genetic engineering. Give a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T to all the ladies in and around ChiTown, and spread it. - Quanah Humphreys, Managing Editor What separates the ladies from the lads? tell us He's smart, good looking, and has a great sense of humor. Michael C. Hall is DEXTER, everyone's favorite serial killer. Miami forensics expert by day and murderer by night, this serial-killer killer is making the world a better place — one homicide at a time. 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Phones and Orchestra; Destroyer 666; The Melvins; Clap Your Hands Say Yeah; Tortoise Get Flavorpill on your cell PARTY Bitch Magazine's 10th Anniversary phone every week! Powered by Mobileplay READING Björn Türoque: To Air Is Human THEATRE The Last Supper; King Lear FEAT composition competition Cut & Paste Digital Design; cd review Georgia Anne Muldrow, Fragments of an Earth; stream Samurai.fm Tuesday TUE WED THUR FRI SAT SUN MON ONG FEAT FILM Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) when: Tue 9.26 (6pm) This sci-fi classic follows Dr. Miles Bennell (Kevin McCarthy) as where: Gene Siskel Film Center (164 N State St, he struggles against soul-sucking pod people who are 312.846.2600) map imperceptibly replacing the human race with emotionless, 2 of 13 9/26/06 4:41 PM flavorpill CHI http://chi.flavorpill.net/current_mailer.jsp dronelike replicas. Reflecting the anxious political climate of the price: $9 time, and frequently interpreted as a political allegory (warning links: Event Info against both the hysterics of the "Red Scare" and its frenzied, anti-communist McCarthyism), Body Snatchers skillfully highlights what makes us human — love, desire, ambition, and faith — while railing against the destruction of our basic values. Tonight's screening includes several minutes of additional footage that studio execs demanded Siegel add to lessen what they thought to be an overly despairing and paranoid ending. (SN) TOC | back to top Wednesday TUE WED THUR FRI SAT SUN MON ONG FEAT READING Björn Türoque: To Air Is Human: One Man's Quest to Become the World's Greatest Air Guitarist The alter-ego of 35-year-old New York Times critic Dan Crane, when: Wed 9.27 (7:30pm) Björn Türoque once ruled the competitive world of air guitar, twice taking his fake fret runs and all-too-real stretch pants to where: Barnes & Noble (1441 W Webster Ave, the Air Guitar World Championships in Finland. Now retired — he 773.871.3610) map has since hung up his invisible axe and tune-rich iPod — Mr. price: Türoque has been born again as one of America's foremost links: Event Info | Björn Türoque supporters of airness, bringing air guitar to the masses through "aireoke" (the unholy alliance of air guitar and karaoke) and his new book, To Air Is Human. Chronicling the ridiculous world of fake rockers with real talent, Türoque's book goes all the way to 11. Or pretends to, at least. (PS) Note: Crane also plays a real, live guitar with fake-French rockers ...Nous Non Plus, appearing at the Double Door later this evening. TOC | back to top MUSIC: Indie Folk Paleo w/ the Scourge of the Sea and Cody Diekhoff when: Wed 9.27 (9pm) Wandering troubadour David Andrew Strackany (aka Paleo) has been crisscrossing the country — forsaking a home and steady where: Subterranean (2011 W North Ave, job in favor of an endless tour — for over five months now. 773.278.6600) map Armed with a gently cracking voice, a six-string acoustic guitar, price: $7 and a never-ending repertoire of expressive folk-pop ballads, the itinerant singer/songwriter staves off creative ennui with an links: Event Info | Paleo | The Scourge of the ambitious online "song diary" and makes ends meet by selling Sea | Cody Diekhoff copies of his self-released debut, Misery, Missouri. Showcasing Strackany's vast talent, the lo-fi recording swings between howling world-weariness and manic, bat-shit happiness, recalling both the magical weirdness of Neutral Milk Hotel and the disturbed genius of Elliott Smith. (SN) Which Paleo song shares its name with a Haddaway hit? The first two correct responses each win a pair of tickets to this show. 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The first, third, and fifth correct responses each win a pair of tickets to this show. TOC | back to top ALSO ON WED DJ Tiga Electroclash has seen its day, but that hasn't soured DJ Tiga Wed 9.27 (10pm) SmartBar (3730 N Clark St, from stocking his remixes with '80s-friendly synths and meaty 773.549.0203) map $10 hooks. His debut album, Sexor, packs dance floors the old-fashioned (read: satisfyingly four-years-ago) way. (QH) Event Info Who operated the puppets in Tiga's video spoof of Nelly's "Hot in Herre"? The second and third correct responses each win a pair of tickets to this show. TOC | back to top Thursday TUE WED THUR FRI SAT SUN MON ONG FEAT DANCE Liz Lerman Dance Exchange: Ferocious Beauty: Genome when: Thur 9.28 - Sat 9.30 (7:30pm) Choreographer and MacArthur "genius grant" recipient Liz Lerman's multimedia productions have reflected on the where: Museum of Contemporary Art (220 E implications of historical events and contemporary politics, with Chicago Ave, 312.280.2660) map dances about the Underground Railroad, the Nuremberg Trials, price: $24 and the US defense budget. Her latest work explores what might happen "if scientists were choreographers," combining video links: Event Info | Liz Lerman Dance Exchange interviews with geneticists, a segment telling the story of Gregor Mendel (the Austrian monk considered to be the "father of genetics"), and futuristic vignettes about how genetic engineering might affect our lives. (AM) TOC | back to top COMEDY Tommy Tiernan: Loose when: Thur 9.28 - Sat 9.30 (Thur & Fri: 8pm / Sat: 7 & 10pm) Tommy Tiernan has wryly observed that the Irish tend to have a better work ethic when working abroad than they do in their where: Mercury Theater (3745 N Southport Ave, native land, so it makes sense that the comedian is pulling out 773.325.1700) map all the stops in his Chicago engagements — running about the 4 of 13 9/26/06 4:41 PM flavorpill CHI http://chi.flavorpill.net/current_mailer.jsp stage, jumping around, and sweating buckets — despite his price: $25 stand-up superstar status in Ireland. His likeable nature and links: Event Info | Tommy Tiernan charismatic delivery would suffice, but the energy he summons during his latest show is contagious.