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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

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Table of Contents TUE WED THUR FRI SAT SUN MON ONG FEAT

ART Juan Perdiguero: Perros Fragmentados; Andrew Guenther: Reflections of Ourselves from Space; The Embroidered Comics of Dee Clements

CITY GEM Bollywood Workout

COMEDY Tommy Tiernan

DANCE Liz Lerman Dance Exchange

DJ Julius the Mad Thinker; Tiga Air Farce One FILM Invasion of the Body Snatchers; Fahrenheit New York Times critic Dan Crane gives 451; Jesus Camp air-guitar tips and recounts his hard-fought battles on the competitive MUSIC Fannypack; Team Dresch; Paleo; ...Nous circuit while performing as bandanna'd Non Plus; Nina Hagen; Concertino for Cell bad-ass Björn Türoque. 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,

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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)

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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.

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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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MUSIC: Le Roque Français

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...Nous Non Plus w/ Hello Stranger

when: Wed 9.27 (9pm) Governmental anti-French sentiment be damned: the populace is where: Double Door (1572 N Milwaukee Ave, welcoming a Gallic revival in terms of music, from the sultry 773.489.3160) map Nouvelle Vague to the new cheeky pop-roquers ...Nous Non Plus. price: $7 A more mature reincarnation of New York band Les Sans Culottes, they're back on the road, spreading Francophilia with links: Event Info | ...Nous Non Plus | Hello their interpretation of '60s French pop and rock. Feel free to dust Stranger off your French to English dictionary, but all you need to truly enjoy a night with the band is an ear for retro keyboards and upbeat grooves, along with your best dancing shoes. (LT)

Which former French colony provides the setting for the ...Nous Non Plus song "L'Amant"? The first, third, and fifth correct responses each win a pair of tickets to this show.

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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.

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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)

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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

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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. Bittersweet observations about family, religion, and politics are intermixed with lyrical musings about his personal failings, and punctuated with slaphappy comical material. One bit even ends with the Irish potato famine as a punch line. (SP)

The Irish bear the brunt of far too many jokes; tell us why you love Ireland and its delightful denizens in 50 words or less. Our favorite response wins a pair of tickets to this event.

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MUSIC: Classic Queercore

Team Dresch

when: Thur 9.28 (9pm) During the mid-'90s, back when grunge and riot grrrl bands were where: Abbey Pub (3420 W Grace St, equally revered and reviled in the punk underground, a motley 773.478.4408) map crew of musicians led by bassist Donna Dresch emerged as price: $14.50 independent rock's great hope of the Pacific Northwest. Easily as relevant today as they were a decade ago, the all-female Team links: Event Info | Team Dresch Dresch's up-front politics and inspired, balls-to-the-wall (ovaries-to-the-wall?) rock have influenced countless bands in a multitude of genres. Although they've resurfaced in transmuted lineups in the past, tonight's performance at the apex of the Estrojam festival marks one of the first full reunions of the queercore legends in more than a decade. (JL)

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PARTY

Bitch Fest: Bitch Magazine's 10th Anniversary

when: Thur 9.28 (9pm) Always outspoken and never a wallflower, Bitch magazine has been critically examining feminism and pop culture and ruffling where: The Hideout (1354 W Wabansia Ave, feathers for a full decade. Exploring and responding to the 773.227.4433) map insidious cultural messages, trends, and attitudes found in price: $10 today's media by filtering them through a contemporary feminist perspective, the quarterly mag has helped usher in a new links: Event Info | Bitch Magazine understanding of 21st-century women and gender issues. Join Bitch cofounders Andi Zeisler and Lisa Jervis as they celebrate the ten-year mark and read selections from their new book of essays, BitchFest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism. Burlesque troupe Pussy Galore perform between sets by DJ Mother Hubbard. (SN)

Note: Jervis and Zeisler also speak at Columbia College earlier in the evening (5:30pm, FREE).

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ALSO ON THUR

MUSIC: Sludge Rock The Melvins w/ Big Business Having survived the Age of Grunge, stoner-rock oddballs the Thur 9.28 (9pm) Double Door (1572 N Milwaukee Melvins return with A Senile Animal. The album and Ave, 773.489.3160) map $17.50 accompanying tour feature sludge-metal duo Big Business joining

the band, beefing up the doom-and-gloomy sound with two drum Event Info kits and twice the bass. (QH)

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FILM

Jesus Camp

when: Opens Fri 9.29 Make no mistake; extremist evangelical ministries have their where: Piper's Alley Theater (1608 N Wells St, sights set on America's youth. As this alternately bizarre, 312.642.7500) map terrifying, and hilarious documentary from directors Heidi Ewing price: $9 and Rachel Grady outlines in detail, many children in the US are being indoctrinated into a proselytizing, militant perversion of links: Jesus Camp biblical morality that skirts the underlying elements of Christian faith. The film follows three particularly extreme cases: Levi, a Ted Haggard in the making; Rachel, a ten-year-old female Ned Flanders; and Tory, a dancer who is bound for biblical burn-out. The camera follows each with fascination and horror as they encounter the rigors of Pastor Becky Fischer's terrifying summer bible camp. (SND)

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FILM

Fahrenheit 451 (1966)

when: Fri 9.29 (6pm) François Truffaut's brilliant, underrated adaptation of the classic where: Gene Siskel Film Center (164 N State St, Ray Bradbury novel Fahrenheit 451 tells the tale of firefighter Guy 312.846.2600) map Montag. Living in a future where society is drugged into price: $9 complacency and isolation by television and pharmaceuticals (far out, right?), Montag and his fellow firemen burn books links: Event Info instead of putting out fires. But once Montag examines some of this forbidden literature and becomes engrossed, he's forced to live a double life and ultimately question his role in society. Despite the visual jumble of '60s mod fashion and retro-futuristic set pieces, Truffaut's film stands as an important, if overlooked, piece of science-fiction filmmaking. (PS)

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MUSIC: Booty-Hop

Fannypack w/ Lesbians on Ecstasy

when: Fri 9.29 (9pm) With an eclectic lineup befitting their Brooklyn base, Fannypack where: Abbey Pub (3420 W Grace St, first sassed the nation in 2003 with their raunchy hit "Camel 773.478.4408) map Toe." Three years and thousands of downloads later, their price: $14.50 signature barrage of adolescent quips and incitements to party might sound stale in the face of more straightforwardly dirty links: Event Info | Fannypack | Lesbians on baile funk, but witness the group as it forces "fanny" into the Ecstasy booty-bass lexicon and your rump will never let you forget it. Recent album See You Next Tuesday is guaranteed to fix your frontal wedgie and put the crack back where it belongs. Canuck electro quartet Lesbians on Ecstasy open tonight on this Estrojam occasion. (JW)

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ALSO ON FRI

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MUSIC: Post-Rock Grandpops Tortoise Local heroes Tortoise are still mixing marimbas and laptops, Fri 9.29 (7 & 10pm) The Empty Bottle (1035 N jazz and rock, avant-minimalism and dub into a sound that Western Ave, 773.276.3600) map $18 / $15 exists blissfully outside of genre. The quintet plays two sets advance tonight, with freakishly eclectic DJ sets from its members in between. (TG) Event Info

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DJ Julius the Mad Thinker w/ DJ FLX and Julius the Mad Thinker's deep Chicago house, with its undertones Monna of Latin and jazz, is a perfect complement to FLX and Monna, Fri 9.29 (10pm) SmartBar (3730 N Clark St, whose sets never fail to give crowds an introductory lesson in 773.549.0203) map $10 Soul 101. (KB)

Event Info Dr. Frankenstein? Dr. Strangelove? Dr. Faustus? Pick your favorite mad genius and, in 50 words or less, tell us why his or her hubris reigns supreme. Our two favorite responses each win a pair of tickets to this show.

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CITY GEM

Bollywood Workout

when: Sat 9.30 (8-11am) There's been a surge in unusual cardiovascular activities lately, where: Millennium Park, Great Lawn (Michigan from pole dancing to full-on, military-style boot camp, but none Ave & Columbus Dr, 312.742.1168) map holds a candle to this free offering from the city of Chicago. Let price: other people take on their saddlebags with some meathead in links: Event Info camo screaming in their ears, while you dance like an Indian star or starlet with a bunch of fellow city-dwellers. The dances from the Punjab region of India being taught today are the backbone of many a Bollywood musical, and they burn calories as well; the people-watching alone will be priceless, so don't be a chicken and come kickstart that fall workout, procrastinators. (ML)

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MUSIC: Teutonic Punk

Nina Hagen w/ Paradise Island and the

Estrojam closes with a bang tonight as flamboyant German rocker-cum-sci-fi-talk-show host Nina Hagen returns to the States to strut through a delightfully absurd performance. Known for her dramatic on- and offstage personae (simulated masturbation, highly stylized costumes, outspoken positions on animal rights, UFO sightings, etc.), the freewheeling Hagen has been releasing well-received dance- punk-funk albums for nearly three decades. Sassy roller-derby crew the Chi*Town Sirens thrill with bone-crushing, brawl-worthy action; Jenny Hoyston of Erase Errata performs with her new experimental band, Paradise Island; and burlesque dance trio Oracle Aerial wow with high-flying acrobatics. (SN)

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Chi*Town Sirens

when: Sat 9.30 (9pm) where: Metro (3730 N Clark St, 773.549.0203) map price: $21 links: Event Info | Nina Hagen | Paradise Island | Chi*Town Sirens TOC | back to top

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MUSIC: Wireless Classical

Concertino for Cell Phones and Orchestra

when: Sun 10.1 (2:30pm) An unusual group of guest artists makes tonight's orchestral where: Dominican University (7900 W Division performance a bit more cutting-edge than the usual classical St, River Forest, 312.236.3681) map repertoire. The Concertino for Cell Phones and Orchestra adds a price: $25-38 modern element of audience participation to the proceedings, as various sections of the auditorium are directed to chime in with links: Event Info their cell phones. Beside the obvious re-contextualization of chirping phones in a "traditional" musical context, the digital cacophony created by a chorus of cellular soloists adds a markedly different voice to the performance. Just don't bust out your hyphy ringtones — they may not sit well with the orchestra's usual patrons. (PS)

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MUSIC: Metal

Destroyer 666 w/ Cianide and Sauron

when: Mon 10.2 (7:30pm) For metal fans intimidated by Sunn0)))'s strangeness and where: Double Door (1572 N Milwaukee Ave, Mastodon's required-reading list, relax — Destroyer 666 just 773.489.3160) map want to impale your dog. The ten-year-old Australian outfit price: $20 merges elements of thrash with black metal, which, for those without "Hail Satan" tattoos, means that death metal's links: Event Info | Destroyer 666 | Cianide trademark Cookie Monster vocals are absent and the double kick drums slow down long enough to actually do some damage. Guitarist KK Warslut's studs 'n leather look, along with his bonehead lyrics about war and vivisection, may scare off the faint of heart, but Destroyer 666's sound — dabbling in all metallic subgenres without hewing to any in particular — appeals to those not interested in learning the various sects of paganism. (QH)

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Which Destroyer 666 song has Nietzsche headbanging from beyond? The first three correct responses each win a pair of tickets to this show.

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ALSO ON MON

MUSIC: Indie Pop Clap Your Hands Say Yeah w/ Architecture Finally descending the backward curl of their tidal wave of hype, in Helsinki Clap Your Hands Say Yeah roll through town with exuberant Mon 10.2 & Tue 10.3 (6:30pm) The Vic Theatre Australian rock army Architecture in Helsinki paddling along (3145 N Sheffield Ave, 773.472.0449) map $21 behind them. (TG)

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ART

Backstitched: The Embroidered Comics of Dee Clements

when: Now through Sat 10.14 (Tue-Sat: Dee Clements hand-embroiders the truth (or at least something 11am-5:30pm) like it) in this collection of vintage tea towels, doilies, and handkerchiefs, all adorned with a series of comic-strip-inspired where: Packer Schopf Gallery (942 W Lake St, panels and vignettes drawn from the artist's life, thought 312.226.8984) map bubbles and all. Her delicate stitches narrate episodes ranging price: from awkward teenage experiences (getting ditched by friends, links: Event Info shopping for a training bra) to the mundane (grocery shopping, daydreaming of rock-stardom) to the heartbreaking (witnessing her parents' breakup). Clements' restrained, self-effacing comic style evokes the absurdist humor of Chris Ware and the modern melancholy of Adrian Tomine, while the tea-stained linen backdrops give her work a historical quality, and a little mystery as well. (AM)

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ART

Andrew Guenther: Reflections of Ourselves from Space and INVOKING

when: Now through Sat 10.14 (Tue-Sat: Andrew Guenther's inimitable paintings — with their confident, 12-6pm) loose brushwork and bizarre narratives recalling equal parts Goya and sci-fi, populated with skulls, gruesome figures, and the where: Bucket Rider (119 N Peoria St, #3D, manic application of paint — might be described as "goth" if they 312.421.6993) map weren't covered in Day-Glo colors. An additional eclectic price: exhibition in the project room (curated by NOVA Art Fair's Dirk links: Event Info Knibbe) includes Becca Mann's eerie soft-focus paintings, a haunting video of a burning ship at sea by Deborah Stratman, and works by several artists who are also accomplished musicians, including Devendra Banhart, Matteah Baim (Metallic Falcons), Plastic Crimewave, and Bobby Burg (Joan of Arc). (AM)

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ART

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Juan Perdiguero: Perros Fragmentados

when: Now through Sat 10.14 (Tue-Sat: 12-6pm) New York-based artist and Madrid native Juan Perdiguero's Perros Fragmentados is a captivating series of works created where: ThreeWalls (119 N Peoria St, #2a, during his time as an artist-in-residence at ThreeWalls this 312.432.3972) map summer. Perdiguero's unique process of drawing with etching price: ink on photographic paper produces subtle, elegant images that links: Event Info suit his subject matter — the ancient, lithe, and embattled greyhound — perfectly, recalling the traditional aesthetics of Spanish baroque art (interplay of light and shadow, painstaking realistic detail) while using modern, fragmented, snapshot-photography composition. (AM)

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THEATRE

The Last Supper

when: Now through Sat 10.21 (Thur, Fri & Sun: 8pm / Sat: 5 & 9pm) Everyone is guilty of a measure of political piety from time to time, but its extremes are cringe-inducing. Like the 1995 film of where: The Chopin Theatre (1543 W Division St, the same name (also written by Dan Rosen), this stage 312.252.2510) map adaptation of The Last Supper follows a group of liberal graduate price: $20-25 students who murder political opponents in an attempt to better the world. The young characters' smugness is often appalling links: Event Info (but frequently fun) and their self-aware banter has an authenticity that feels like sitting around with your cynical, wisecracking friends. Laughing at their jokes may mean indulging in the very arrogance that makes these crusaders so unlikable — but if the liberals in the audience get all the funniest lines, at least their victims still get the poignant ones. (JM)

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THEATRE

King Lear

when: Now through Sun 10.22 (schedule) The current production of King Lear at the Goodman Theatre is where: The Goodman Theatre (170 N Dearborn far from Shakespeare-lite: clocking in at over three hours, this St, 312.443.3800) map modern-dress version is stuffed with set changes, lots of bling, a price: $10-75 silver Mercedes, and a war-torn set with echoes of the Twin Towers. Luckily, the title role sits squarely on the shoulders of links: Event Info Stacy Keach (TV's Mike Hammer, who knew?), who gives an acting master class with every grimace, hand gesture, and eloquently delivered line. Robert Falls' direction lends clarity and focus to the busy, eclectic production, and whenever Keach is on stage, it's electrifying. (NS)

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Features TUE WED THUR FRI SAT SUN MON ONG FEAT

COMPOSITION COMPETITION: Cut & Paste Digital Design

Following the success of their previous digital media throwdowns in New York City, the masterminds behind the Iron Chef-style Cut & Paste Digital Design Competition have decided to host tournaments in New York, Chicago, LA, and San Francisco this fall. Using only a G5 Mac, a digital camera, and a few other materials provided, eight designers square off in three 15-minute bouts grounded in a central theme, as each artist's progress is chronicled on individual screens throughout the venue. Based on originality, use of the chosen theme, and "overall dopeness,"

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judges — including Eric Nakamura of Giant Robot, graffiti artists Buff Monster and Emit, and Flavorpill's own Sascha Lewis — choose the winner of regional bragging rights and an Apple MacBook. Aspiring champs have until October 4 to submit their names for the Windy City's inaugural challenge on November 4. (IB)

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CD REVIEW: Georgia Anne Muldrow, Fragments of an Earth

Stones Throw Released September 2006 $15.98 (Amazon)

There's certainly no shortage of R&B singer/producer collaborations. But when, at age 22, you construct your own Dilla-esque beats, handle vocals and production, and get signed as the first female to the esteemed Stones Throw label, you're onto something. Building on the acclaim of the Worthnothings EP, Georgia Anne Muldrow's debut full-length, Fragments of an Earth, features classically soulful singing with an occasional jazz-like cadence (her mother sang with Pharoah Sanders) and a modern production aesthetic rife with cut-up hip-hop twists and turns. Fragments' 21 tracks show remarkable variety — from the multi-tracked choral-style vocals, slap bass, and jerky, compressed beats of "Birds" to "West Coast Recycler," where she raps with authoritative flow over a modulating Hammond organ — the album is an eloquent and modern update of a classic sound. Jill Scott fans take note. (CJN)

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STREAM: Samurai.fm

Our friends at Samurai have been ramping up their already formidable multimedia offerings with a quickness. Not only are they featuring 24 hours of new music and mixes per week, they've been weighing in regularly with reports from festivals around the world — including the tastemaking Sónar and Mutek — as well as assorted events around Japan. Check out A Guy Called Gerald paying tribute to one of his DJ heroes, Greg Wilson, with a retrospective mix of electro-funk tracks from Northern England, circa 1982-83. Also, stream a stunning live set from Montreal dub-techno innovator Deadbeat, as well as an installment from Pier Bucci playing live at Berlin's Club Transmediale. (CJN)

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