10 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 14, 2003 ART 'Ar ai e alyadul in I Scott Serilla Daily Arts Editor Wednesday the whole town will be once again waking up to the grim real- ities of Ann Arbor's annual summer Art Fair. No secret that both the city's permanent residents and students tem- porarily holed up here have a compli- cgted relationship with the massive, yearly event. On the one hand, very deserving and hardworking local merchants rake loads of cash that help keep their diverse cross-section of businesses open through these lean economic times. Good for them. In that sense, theoriti- cally, the Art Fair makes A2 a better place for us all. But the hassle of trying to complete remotely normal tasks in town between early Wednesday and late Sunday, quickly wears on one's nerves. It's the biggest collective pain-in-the- ass this side of Move-in Week (By con- trast, Hash Bash and Football Saturdays are relatively localized, one-shot events, avoidable and temporary so as to limit their headache inducing power). It doesn't seem particularly FAIR that you won't be able to catch a bus to class or work for the better part of a week. It doesn't seem FAIR that you can't park anywhere at all, or frankly go anywhere near downtown to eat or shop. FAIRNESS doesn't usually involve barricading oneself in one's home for a long weekend. And why? So old bearded / pony- tailed men in dolphin t-shirts can sell vases carved out of driftwood to subur- banites who don't know any better? So that the international handmade, dangly earring /cat brooch trade won't suffer? ART's always a subjective term, but most of the event's (sometimes) talented venders are selling CRAF'S, which aren't the deep, serious, soul shaking stuff I call ART. Then again I don't wear earrings. EMINEM Continued from Page 9 crowd and up to the twisted carnival stage, which was decked out with ferris wheel, circus tent and giant clown face. When Eminem finally emerged from the Humvee to the pounding beat of "Square Dance," he seemed bulletproof - his delivery was crisp and strong. All was well until "Kill You," when Em's audio track dropped out a la Milli Vanilli, leaving the rapper staring blankly into space until the track start- ed up again without him. It was never entirely clear if he was lip-syncing or just rapping over a pre- recorded track, but it was clear that the audience didn't care either way. The high energy early in the set dropped off when Em's D-12 toadies and Obie Trice joined him onstage for some tag-team rapping, featuring the disgustingly shirtless lyrics Bizarre. Throughout his set, Eminem marked the occasion with references to his hometown, the first of which came during "Square Dance" with the line "Go to Detroit and do a show there!" 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