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‘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-
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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
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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.
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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.
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(Between Broadway and Sandy Blvd.)
Local Artists Featured at
Abbey Cafe
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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.
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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.
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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.
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