-~ ~ .-~ _______ ___ -~ - 6B - e Michigan Daily - Wee Ad, etc. Magazine - Thursd, October 26, 2000 - 0 The Michigan Daily- Weekend, etc. I HOROSCOPE Continued from Page 56 ,5 ,, GEMINI AMAY21 - JUNE 21 Date with destiny: Libra Aquarius Run for the hills: Virgo, Pisces What makes you tick: Trivial Pursuit Best accessory: A shrug What's my line? It takes two to tango. A sure thing: Doing two things at once Pleasure: Options, ambidextrous, knowledge Pain: Being on time, commitment, red tape Run for the hills: Aries, Libra What makes you tick: Nostalgia Best accessory: Photo album What's my line? Home is where the heart is. A sure thing: Best dish at the potluck Pleasure: Baking, comfort, children Pain: Snide remarks forgetfulness LEO JULY23 - AUGUST22 Date with destiny: Aries, Run for the hills: Taurus, What makes you tick: Leading Best accessory: I airbrush What's my line? Too many cooks spoil the broth. Pleasure: Daydreams, courage Pain: Keeping up appearances, losing VIRGO AUGUST 23 -- SE PT 22 Date with destiny: re Taurus, Capricorn Run fo the hills: Gemini, Sagittarius What akesyou tick: Efficiency. Best accessory: Lint brush What's my line? A stitch in time saves nine. A sure thing: Perfect pleats Pleasure: Organization, routine, dedi- cation Pain: Messiness, inefficiency, +Ni 4 ...= ; LIBRA A SEPT23 - OCT22 x sDate with destinv: Gemini, Aquarius Run for the hills: Cancer, Capricorn What makes you tick: Charm Best accessory: Bottled water What's my line? Beauty is in the eve of the beholder. A sure thing: Flirting Pleasure: Cooperation , fair play Pain: Disharmony, decision-making SCORPIO i" OCT23- NOV'21x Date with destinti Cancer, Pisces Run for the hills: Leo, Aquarius Best accessory: Magnifying glass What's my line? Yeah, Baby, Yeah!~ A sure thing: Magnetism Destination: The Netherlands Pleasure: Mvsterv, calling the shots, passiont Pain: Exposure, simplicity, inter- ru pt ion SAGITTARIUS NOU 22-DEC. 21 Date with destiny: Aries, Leo Run for the hills: Virgo, Pisces What makes you tick: Airplane tickets Best accessory: Backpack, safari vests What's my Ilie? Don't fence ne in. A sure thing: Magnetism Pleasure: Travel, philosophv, day dreaming Pain: Responsibility, commitment CAPRICORN DEC. 22 - JAN 19 Date with destiny: /fTaurus. Virgo Run for the hills: Aries, Libra Arhat makes you tick: Hard work, committment Best accessory: Palm pilot What's my line? The one with the most toys wins. A sure thing: Managing a stock portfolio Pleasure: Patience, respect, success Pain: Disorganization. miscalcula- tion, boredom q " CANCER JUNE 22 -. JU Date with Scorpio, Pisces 'LY 22 destiny: Budnick sez: A professional jamhead By John Uhl Daily Music Edito Since Labor Day, John Scofield played at The Ark and The Slip and Deep Banana Blackout performed at the Blind Pig. Ekoostik Hookah and The String Cheese incident were at the Michisan Theater last weekend. while the Disco Biscuits will play there this weekend. Medeski, Martin & Wood and moe. will swing through town before the end of the semester. Since the break-up of the Grateful Dead and the rise in popularity of the group Phish, an entire subculture has evolved around bands that mix several types of music and a pen- chant for lengthy improvisations into a groovy, rock-heavy stew. And Ann Arbor has become a standard stop on the criss-crossing routes of these bands' many tours. The following is from an inter- view with Dean Budnick, editor of the Website jaunhinds.com and author of the books "The Phishing Manual" and "Jam Bands." The Michigan Daily: In a couple sentences characterize the "jam band" scene. What makes a jam band a jam band? Dean Budnick: The jam band scene of today encompasses a range of different sounds. Bands that are committed to improvisation but draw on a number of elements, including folk, funk, bluegrass, jazz, psychedelic rock, electronica and that are sort of unified by their com- mitment to bring improvisation into a live setting. The jam band thing is also unified by the fans, because there's nothing inherently similar between The Slip, the Disco Biscuits and String Cheese Incident, except the fans of all those groups are certainly looking for sim- ilar things in terms of what the bands produce in concert. TMD: Would you say that this movement got started at one particu- lar time? DB: I think it's sort of come in waves. I was a big Phish fan, actual- ly I grew up in New England in the late-'80s. In '92 they had the very first H.O.R.D.E. tour. They only did a couple dates, but it was Phish, Widespread Panic, Aquarium Rescue Unit, Blues Traveler and Spin Doctors. And that was to some degree the first sort of unifying of the scene and that was done on a very grass roots level before the H.O.R.D.E. tour became the big amphitheater bloated monstrosity it would eventually become. I would say that something has changed in the last two or three or four years where there just have been many, many more bands. It's a very sort of chicken and egg circular relationship. There are many more fans who are being drawn to this type of music, partially led by bands like Phish and Widespread Panic and certainly String Cheese is coming on strong, gaining momentum. But as there were more and more people going to these shows, this offered more and more bands the opportuni- ty to quit their day jobs, to focus on their craft, which only made their music and their stage shows and their performances better. TMD: l've been listening to the Allman Brothers forever and when I entered high school I really started listening to Phish a lot and tried to catch a couple of their shows a year. But in terms of this current thriving scene, it's really something I've noticed fairly recently. DB: I think there's no question that the scene is exploding, but I think it has a long way to go as well in terms of getting more mainstream recognition. I think it's great to have a vital, supportive scene. On the other hand, I think it's great when these musicians can make albums and sell hundreds of thousands to really help support their art. TMD: I wanted to ask you just a bit about the question of whether or not Phish is breaking up. I talked to John Polansky of Ekoostik Hookah last night, asking him how he thought that might impact his fan base or the scene's fan base in gen- eral. He thought that the middle- level bands, not any one of them in particular, but that a whole bunch of them might pick up some of the slack leftover from Phish not touring as regularly. He felt that sometimes the fans get disenchanted when the arenas get bigger and they don't get to see the bands in as intimate of a setting. Do you have any opinions on whether this is such a grass roots phenomenon at this point that people are going to be more faithful to the medium-famed bands or that the scene has the possibility to produce a slew of bands that sell a million records and sell out huge arenas or stadiums? DB: I think this is an interesting time for that very reason. There are a Bands that incorporate lengthy Panic, are rocking more and n+ lot of great bands that I potential, I won't go so far a play stadiums, but that cou up to arenas. There is an immediacy gets from the clubs or the when you can see what th player's doing. 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