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(©bserUCr _______________________ November 24. 2004_______________________________________ £*!»’ PaSe 83 Focus ‘Kins of Crunk* Lil Jon expands new hip-hop beat (AP) — With its irresistible hip- hop beats and shouted refrains, crunk music incites a fervor in fans that’s reminiscent o f a religious experience. “ I would define crunk as more of a spirit," explains rapper David Banner. “Have you been to a Bap- tist church in the South? It’s similar to th a t.... It’sthatfeelingintheclub that gets you through life.” But the Southern-based church o f crunk also relies on R-rated chants and drink-and-toke party themes popularized by its leader: Lil Jon, a dreadlocked, m etal toothed producer whose trademark shouts o f "Y EA H !!!” , “OOOO- K A A A A Y !!!” and "W H AA A A ATTTTT???!!!!” are saturating pop radio. “The energy from these records, that’s what makes crunk so popu lar; that’s why it’s winning, be cause it makes you move a certain way,” says Lil Jon, sounding far more mellow than his bellowing stage shtick. “Like when you hear Aretha Franklin sing - it touches your soul. Crunk music, it makes World Music and Dance World music and dance is on Thurs day, Dec. 2 from 8-10 p.m. at The Egyptian Club, 3701 S.E. Division. $5 cover. For more information, call 503-236-8689. Holiday Ballet Oregon Ballet T heatre’s produc tion o f George Balanchine’s the Nutcracker shows at Keller Audi torium Dec. 10 through Dec. 23 at 7:30 p.m. For tickets, call 503-2- B A L L E T orvisitw w w .obt.org. Dreams and Desire Dreams and Desire, The Films of W ong Kar-Wai. play at the North west Film Center through Dec. 19 at the Guild Theatre, 829 S.W. 9 Ave and Whitsell Auditorium, 1219S.W. Park. Admission is $7 general, $6 members, students and seniors. Visitwww.nwfilm.org for full sched ule. Lil Jon on the streets o f New York. (AP photo) you just wanna lose your mind - just be free and wild out.” And there’s plenty more wilding ahead. Last week, Lil Jon and his co horts, the East Side Boyz, released “Crunk Juice.” It’s the follow-up to their 2002 double-platinum "Kings of Crunk” album, which included the infectious hit “G et Low," which crossed over from nightclubs to frathouses. The new album, which includes guest appearances from Usher, R. Kelly, Nas, Ice Cube and others, includes the typical hollering, body- slam m ing anthem s crunkheads crave. But Lil Jon wants to give them a little more substance - like what he bills as the first crunk song with a story, a collaboration with esteemed producer Rick Rubin. The track tells the tale o f a simple man struggling to fight against the prob lems the world puts upon him. The title? It would get bleeped on MTV, but let’s just say it asks to simply be left alone. A former record executive by the name o f Jonathan Smith - Lil Jon may be most responsible for the skyrocketing popularity o f crunk. "The thing I give Jon credit for is putting it all together and giving it a name and giving it a face,” says Banner, a longtime friend. “The spirit has always been here. He defined it.” sion is to ex plore a newly formed island t has baffled scientists around the world. For more information call the zoo at 503-220-5716 or check out the website oregonzoo.org. show at 8 p.m. All ages. Wreck the Halls The 9lh annual Holiday Ale Festival is from Dec. 3-5 at the PioneerCourt- house Square from 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Admission is free but a souve nir mug, required for tasting, costs $4. Fore more information, call 503- 2 5 2 -9 8 9 9 or v isit www.holidayale.com. Laugh Factory C om edy retu rn s every second W ednesday o f the month at the u p sc a le B a cc h u s R e sta u ra n t, thanks to EEI International. For more information, call 503-223-5236 or visit ww w.eei-intemational .com. Festival of Chorale The Columbia Chorale o f Oregon performs at The Grotto for this season’s Festival o f Lights on Sat urday, Nov. 27 at 7 p.m. Additional performances are at7:30p.m . Satur Write Around Portland day, Dec. 4 at the Peace Lutheran W rite Around Portland’s free cre Church, 2 2 0 1 N. Portland Blvd. and ative writing are at various loca at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 5 at the tions around the city. For more in Olmscheid Auditorium at St. Helens fo rm atio n and lo catio n s, visit High. Tickets are $ 12.50 for adults www.writearound.org or call 503- and $8 for students and seniors. 796-9224. For more information, call 503-543- 6620. Amusement At Oaks Park Have a Ball Celebrating 99 years o f fun. Oaks Ongoing and Upcoming Park in southeast Portland offers Music rides, picnic grounds, roller-skat The Blue Monk on Belmont plays ing and family gam es in the shade live jazz. For a schedule, visit o f 100-year-old oak trees on the www.thebluemonk.com. Interstate Church for Girls banksofthe Willamette River. Rides Bar and Grill has mature live music DJ Boy, high priest in the Church of and roller-skating are open daily. at 4234 N. Interstate. The Black Girl, a Portland based radio pro For more information, call 503-233- N o tes play T h u rsd a y s at the gram that showcases independent 5777. Candlelight Room. Mel Brown plays female music and art, busts out live jazz at Jimmy Maks on Tuesdays, sets at Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E. Glacier Run Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays Burnside, from 5 to 11 p.m. Sunday, The Oregon Zoo presents Glacier atS alty’son the Columbia. A C om Nov. 28. For more information, visit Run, a sim ulator ride worth bun munity Unity Breakfast is held ev dling up for. For more information, www.churchofgirl.com. ery third Thursday at SEI at 7:30 visit w w w.orgonzoo.org. a m. Skip Elliott Bowman Jazz.Trio The Land Civilization Forgot plays Saturdays from 10 a.m. to The sim ulator thrill-ride Dino Is Sick Wid Holiday Show land: The Land Civilization Forgot Legendary hip hop group Bay Area noon at Hannah Bea’s, on north has returned to the Oregon Zoo by Tycoon E40 will perform on Friday, east MLK Jr. Blvd. and Shaver. popular demand. Riders become Dec. IOatRoselandTheater,8N.W . R&B and live funk bands perform part of a scientific team whose mis- Sixth Ave., for Sick Wid It Holiday w e e k e n d s at th e I n te rs ta te Kids will have a ball at O M SI’s new Innovation Station by exploring the human side of technology. For more inform ation.visitw w w .om si.edu. Epidemic Grows More Diverse continued fro m Front now be categorized with many other m an ageable long-term diseases such as cancer and diabetes. “We have lotsof people we work with here who have been living with the disease for 15 to 20 years. Conventional wisdom is that people with HIV can live with the disease indefinitely," he said. T hiscreatesachallenge from the perspec tive o f prevention. With more people living healthier, longer lives with HIV and AIDS, the opportunity for transm ission is greater, as is the risk of greater complacency. Bruner calls this the flipside to AIDS progress and management. “With people with HI V living a lot longer, this has created a sense o f com placency with a lot of people; not just youth. They think if they get this thing, they can take some m edi cine and be okay. It seems less urgent, less o f a crisis, less o f a death threat,” he said. He also said the increase in new cases of AIDS stems from a disconnectedness from the suffering the disease brought in the 1980s and early ‘90s. “Because of the progress w e’ve made, there’s also a whole new generation o f youth that has never seen anybody die from AIDS, never lost a friend to the disease, never buried a lover or a partner, never watched anybody waste away from the disease," said Bruner. The Cascade AIDS Project will thank its volunteers and supporters with an event at the Hilton Hotel in downtown Portland on the eve of W orld AIDS Day, Tuesday, Nov. 30. While Bruner prefers not to view World AIDS Day as a “celebration," his non-profit does have bragging rights for their work. In 2004, Cascade AIDS Project reached 22,971 youth and adults with educational messages, served 1,638 men, women and children with HIV and AIDS, and utilized the skills o f 570 volunteers who gave 15,001 hours to the program. Fake Story Makes News (AP) — A fake story about singer R Kelly circulated on the Internet and attributed to The Associated Press was picked up by The Miami Herald and then sent by the Knight-Ridder/Tri- bune wire to newspapers across the country. The story falsely contended that Kelly, who is facing 14 counts ofchildpom ography in Chicago, had been accused o f making sexual advances to the underage sister of the singer Ashanti. Herald executive editor Tom Fiedler said the story was picked ff the Internet because it "had the appearance o f an A ssociated Press story or seemed to be at tributed to AP. The editor took it and unfortunately failed to verify it moved on the AP wire.” The Herald and the Knight- Ridder/Tribune followed the er ror with correction stories. \ilvcitisc with diversity HOME WINDOW REPLACEMENT AUTHORIZED DEALER Vlifrÿtrd Windows vwM\| WHOLE HOUSE SPECIAL Cleariv the best STEVE @ 503-284-9789 ccB 91337 Equity Construction, Inc. T ear s of J oy P u ppet T h eatr e presents : N o v . 2 6 - DEC. 1 2 T H E R E ’S A W in n in g s t a d N IG H T M A R E T heatre IN M Y by C L O S E T M ER C E R M AYER in il!l IJnvtlaub (Ohsmtrv C all 503-288-0033 nds(<» portlandob sen er.com Firehouse Cultural Center. (5 0 3 )2 4 8 -0 5 5 7 Rock the Fir Rock and other live shows bless the D oug F ir L o u n g , 830 E. Burnside, on Nov. 26 with a M on ster Mash Up Rally, Nov. 27 with a M orr Music Tour, Nov. 28 with Late Sondre Lerche and The Golden Republic and on Nov. 30 with Raw Power and DJ Gregarious. For more in fo rm a tio n , v isit www.dougfirlounge.com. Laughing Through It W W W .T O J T .C O M SPONSORED BY’ ^o rtlartb (©bserber Your Care Our First Priority A Portland Jam Night plans to heal thecom m unity’s ills through laugh ter at the Wave Theatre in north Portland. The live music and clean sketch improv com edy is at 9 p.m. Fridays. Tickets are $7 for adults and $4 for kids. For more informa tion, call 503-735-4184 or visit www.jam-night.com. Dr. M arcelitte Failla Chiropractic Physician Call for an appointment! (503) 228-6140 Trippln’ through Town Take a trip through time to find the hottest poetry, hip hop and soul influencing Portland on W ednes days at the Ohm. $7 cover. 31 N.W. First Ave. We a r e lo c a te d a t 1716 N.E. 42nd Ave., Portland, OR 97213 (Between Broadway and Sandy Blvd.) Local Artists Featured at Abbey Cafe W'e sp e c ia liz e in : T h e A b b ey C a fé , 441 N. Killingsworth St., invites musicians to sell their CDs and perform on Fridays and Saturdays. For more information, call 503-286-4847. A utom obile accident injuries C h ro n ic h e a d a c h e an d jo in t pain W orkers C o m p e n sa tio n injuries Patriotism Studied “Between Patriotism and Fanati cism " is a temporary installation by artist Sebastian Garrido-Bor. His work is displayed by the Regional Arts and Culture Council in the Portland Building lobby through Dec. 7 at 1120 S.W. Fifth Ave. e i , . \ T C ^U tu Hope is Vital continued fro m Front 7:30p.m.attheCrystalBallnxnn, 1332 W. Burnside. Tickets are available at TicketM aster outlets or by visiting www.africaaidsresponse.org orcalling 503- 225-0047. O th er P ortland events include, an AIDS Action Project N orthwest com m em orative event a t4 p .m .D e c . I at the W orld Trade C enter Plaza, 121 S.W . Salm on St., hosted by form er Gov. B arbara R oberts w ith M ayor-elect Tom Potter in attendance and w ith m usical guests Portland G ay M en ’s Chorus. C ath o lic C harities AIDS M inistry will hold its 10,h annual healing liturgy at All Saints C hurch, 3847 N.E. G lisan St., at 7 p.m. on Dec. 1. A rchbishop John V lazny will be the main celeb ran t. If you w ant the name o f a loved one placed in the m em orial book, subm it his or her nam e and year o f death to 503-963-8102. ORDERS 503’ 282'0079 Lunch & Catering Menu Available ‘Excellent Quality' Homestyle Cooking” Orders: (503) 282-0079 5124 N.E. 42nd, Porltand, Oregon 97218 (Two blocks south of Killingsworth) flours: 11:00 am - 6:00 pm Monday - Saturday
