6B -Thursday, March 29, 2007 {the b-sidel The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.corr 40 6B - Thursday, March 29,2007 {the b-side} The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.corr 0 SEVA From page 5B (Twenty minutes later.) PT: How is it taking them so long to scramble eggs? JB: Actually, that's the com- plaint of a lot of people who eat here. Seva has a reputation for pret- ty slow service. I've never noticed it, to be honest, but the atmosphere is so leisurely and relaxed here that I don't think I'd care. PT: Yeah, they're all in the kitchen doing Yoga and smoking peace pipes. JB: Shut up, he's bringing the food. This ravioli looks delicious, and are these ... walnuts? I guess I missed that on the menu. That's what I like here, though. The entrees are always a little strange - there are weird combinations - but I'm almost never disappointed. You can't really get this stuff any- where else. CARGO From page 1B I justify it by trying to make sure that most of them are positive. After all, why else would you want to write about music if you didn't concern yourself primar- ily with music you love? Rarely is music enough of an assault on my sensibilities (Tally Hall, The Doors) for me to go out of my way to say something negative about them. So, bottom line, I'd hope Anyway, how are your ... eggs? PT: Yeah not bad. I'm still not coming here again, but I guess this place isn't that bad. JB: I'm so glad. If you had ordered real food, I'm telling you you would change your mind. This goat cheese is amazing. These wal- nuts - a little abrasive. PT: You do you realize I'm about to pay $14 for eggs and French fries? JB: And grapes. PT: Yes, I'm sorry, I forgot about the grapes. That would've bought three bowls of mac and cheese at Noodles. JB: We'll go there next time. PT: That place is like practical- ly vegetarian. Except when I put steak on my spaghetti. JB: You put steak on your spa- ghetti? PT: Steak, good. Spaghetti, good. I don't see the problem. JB: You're the reason I'm a veg- etarian. that I turned people on to music that affects them as much as it does me. So yeah, I'm a pretentious, wannabe-musician who writes about music in a critical manner, but don't call me a music critic. Robert Christgau, Lester Bangs - those guys are music critics (Google them, trust me). I'm just a music appreciator. - Cargo has the most colorful shoes at the University. E-mail him at Ihcargo@umich.edu. I I Prison art exhibit enters 12th year running strong 0 Remember reading 'A Clockwork Orange'? michigandaily.com/thefilter. By ANDREW SARGUS KLEIN ManagingArts Editor Few exhibits are as immedi- ately provocative as the Twelfth Annual Exhibition of Art by Mich- igan Prisoners, sponsored by the Prisoner Cre- ative Arts Proj- CreatiVe ect, now running A~ tPn d at the Duderstadt Center Gallery Through through April April11 11. If walking Free through a gal- lery of art made Atthe Duderstadt by criminals and CenterGallery former criminals is unnerving, then so might the knowledge that some of the artists could be standing next to you. Opening night at the Center Gallery was a claustrophobic affair. People crowded together, body heat rose, air circulation was low and the walls had hardly a square inch of white space. The media and content were equally frenzied: charcoal, pencil, water- color, fantastical landscapes, abstracted portraits and nature scenes. Despite the heat and con- fusion, the experience was break from the norm. Usually exhibits are driven by content, time period or medium. At the Center Gallery,: there is little noticeable cohesion, and that's actually a good thing. The work is unified by the obvi- ous: the artists are prisoners. With many of the works near profession- al quality, the first question to rise is should it matter who the artists are. Although art should ultimate- ly speak for itself regardless of who the artist is, co-curators Jane Paul, an assistant Art and Design professor, and LSA Prof. Jason Wright believe the rehabilitative power of expression for incarcer- ated people is an important foun- dation for PCAP and the exhibit. The inmates are speaking to the viewer through art, not a phone and a glass window, effectively shedding light on their humanity, something society and the penal system tend to ignore. There are straight-forward depictions of cells, cage motifs and chains next to works referencing Hieronymus Bosch, French portraiture and Giocometti, modernist abstrac- tions next to simple Americana. For Emily Harris, program coor- dinator and LSA lecturer, the exhibit is "a place to for people to challenger their stereotypes about prisoners." The exhibited art comes from 42 of Michigan's 52 prisons, a testament to PCAP's burgeon- ing momentum. 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