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Tusitala memory [Aug. 10: "My City of Ruins"] I returned to Hawai'i with my two daughters in March 1989. I called Ron Hewlett of Cen-Pac Properties who had been my landlord when I left and asked if he had anything available. He told. me about a plantation house at 2461C Tusitala St. for rent for $600 month . As soon as I saw it, I fell in love with it and immediately called him and said that I would take it. I didn't even need to see the inside. It was the house that I had always dreamed of living in and believed that I would live there until I died.

When I went insid~, I saw beautiful wood floors , pocket doors between the kitchen and dining area and the living room and bedroom. There were a small back lanai that extended to the bathroom. The door from the shower to the outside had been closed off, but its remnants where still there. There was ginger in the front, an open car port and a stoop on either side of the steps to the front door and a door with glass panels. There was a clothes line in back where I hung my clothes and a space on the side for my washing machine . Big windows kept the place cool. I have numerous pictures of my house from when friends came over.

Nancy lived next door. She had come from the Big Island with her husband who had had a stroke and needed rehab at the Rehab Hospital of the Pacific. Her children came all the time to visit her and her cottage was like mine except she had a booth in the dining area.

She said that this land belonged to the queen and could not have anything built on it higher than 5 stories and so it would not be developed.

When I got the notice of the eviction , I went before the WaikikI Neighborhood Board. I was told that there would be no coverage of this as they had been told to downplay the eviction of the Tusitala neighborhood. It was not to be presented as a neighborhood of people, but rather as "the jungle" where drugs were rampant and it was being "cleaned up." I spoke -before the Honolulu City Council about the need for a demolition moratorium rather than a building moratorium. Tusitala Street is one of many examples of that. When the first cottage was bulldozed down, I came from work, watched them and was ready to go up and stand in front of the bulldozer. My heart broke. Later, that picture of my house was on the evening news.

When the issue of development came up again and Tusitala Street was in the news, I called up the newspaper and volunteered for the story as I was a resident. A reporter came

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and took my picture holding onto the chain link fence in front of where my house was. The story was entitled something about woman who lived here with two daughters now pays $1,400 a month rent.

I am currently up on the mainland . I came up here in 2006 to take care of my elderly parents. My mother passed in May 2008 and my father in October of that same year. I got ready to return home, but needed a hip replacement, which I had in February of this year. I had planned to return in August , however, the decrease in my activity since my hip replacement has taxed my heart so sufficiently that now a congenital problem needs to be fixed. I will have open heart surgery on Sept. 21, 2011. I tell you this to let you know that I will be slightly delayed in my return home, however, I will be home early next year, as soon as I have recovered. In the meantime, please let me know what I can do to help people know the story of the people who lived where vacant lots now stand. Perhaps, they will come to understand the magic and beauty and it will come alive.

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LBGTQ tradition Awesome article [June, 2007: "Historically Speaking"]! The world needs to know the truth about the positve places gays, lesbians, bi-sexuals and transgenders held in many preChristian socities/cultures. I love reading about the aikane in traditional Hawaiian culture!

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Criminals, before it was illegal I am a Hawai'i inmate at the Red Rock Correctional Center in Eloy , Arizona. I am writing to you in response to (June 2011: "Hawai'i Seperate from USA"].

The laws enforced on many of us are illegal and our conviction and incarceration are illegal. And many of us "prisoners" were born long before Hawai'i even became a US state.

These are the kinds of legal issues that the American Civil Liberties Union, Native Legal Corporation and other advocates should be fighting for, as they involve not just one or a handful, but thousands in the Hawai'i prison system.

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are being created in the name of food "safety" for small farms. If one does a simple research on food contanimation events in recent history, they almost all invariably are linked to big factory food production. The fact is the big corporate food industry can't_ fathom even the thought of losing any more market share to fhe organic food movment, and consequently support measures like HB 667. As with other situaitons, we must follow the money.

I was very disapointed (but not surprised) to read that the Hawaii Farm Bureau so enthusiasitcally backed the bill. Their relationship with the sponsors of the bill should be investigated, and if any money changed hands or promises were made between people at HFB and the bills sponsors , then the people involved should step down or be made to step down . Undermining small, local farmers is not a part of their (Hawaii Farm Bureau) mission statment.

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honolulu diary END OF RURAL O'AHU?

The battle to "keep the country country" showed it was still alive and well

at a City Council meeting last Wednesday, where Ko'olau residents butted heads over a possible development in La'ie. The campaign, titled "Envision La'ie," was put together by the Mormon community, which operates the Bringham Young Unversity (BYU) campus and works with the Polynesian Cultural Center on the North Shore.

Supporters were easy to spot, clad in uniform blue shirts that read "I support the Ko'olau Loa Sustainable Communities Plan." The question was, sustainable for whom? While the supporters of the 222-unit hotel were made up mostly of members of the Mormon community, many others had made the trip downtown to voice their concerns over the proposal.

One woman questioned whether the the project was for the gain of just the Mormon Church, which also wants to expand its BYU campus, or for the community as a whole.

Of the all the O'ahu residents who were polled, about the La'ie project, only 71 of them were from La'ie. Diana Ho, a homeowner from La'ie, said that the "price of keeping the country country is eternal vigilance," stating that even city folk need to escape to the country on occasion.

Resident Dave Crease claimed the project would create jobs ranging from construction to hospitality positions.

"In these challenging economic times, we see our children moving to the mainland because there are no jobs close to home," said Crease, who added, "This is an opportunity for BYU students to find jobs in hospitality."

After the demolition of the previous local inn, one longtime resident of Ko'olau said that the only current lodging option is Turtle Bay, which is

too expensive for many visitors. Councilmember Romy M. Cachola then asked what developers believed the price range of the new lodging would be, to which one man answered "probably one-third less than Turtle Bay."

Cachola laughed and said, "When the time comes, I'm going to nail you on that!"

Dell Samoi, also a North Shore resident, said that the hotel would prevent many from commuting into town and back each day for work, giving them more time to spend at home ·with their families.

For those not dressed in babyblue, the upset was palpable.

"Don't let the blue shirts in the room trick you into thinking everyone supports this hotel," said one Dotty K. to 'the council members. Whereas the former in,n was a modest 55-room building, the new project, she said, is "overkill."

North Shore resident Jim Anthony said that the hotel would be the beginning of the end of rural O'ahu. He stated any development is bad development, as "there is no such thing as being a little bit pregnant."

Another testifier said that the addition would crowd the narrow local road, negatively impact the surrounding wildlife and "obliterate the mauka view" with a "huge, inappropriate design."

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Andrea Anicks, who had moved from Kane'ohe to escape booming developments, pointed out that La'ie already exceeds the defined capacity of the rural master plan by 7,000 people. And the new hotel could add an extra 5,000 to the total. In addition, construction would remove the 106-year-old Ka'a'awa school. "People who live there do so to enjoy the rural lifestyle," she said. "That's why we call this the 'Invasion La'ie' project."

Unfortunately, after what has already become a lengthy process, a decision on whether or not to give the green light for building was deferred until Sept. 16. Cachola expressed the hope that the opposing parties could reach a compromise before the next meeting. In addition, a flood study is still outstanding since the region is prone to flooding.

-Jane Callahan

TRADES AND BIG WIND

The viability of the controversial $3 billion "Big Wind" project may be un

dermined by the global climate change it is intended to help mitigate.

Preliminary plans call for building dozens of windmills on Lana'i and Moloka'i to generate some 400 megawatts of power to be transmitted by undersea cables to O'ahu. The goal is to reduce the amount or imported oil that Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) is burning to make electricity.

Much of the discussion about the project-known officially as the Hawaii Interisland Renewable Energy Program, has focused on the cost, non-competitive bidding procedures and mounting opposition from Lana'i and Moloka'i residents. But a key question remains: as the global climate changes, can Hawai'i count on having brisk, steady trades to turn the windmills?

According to researchers, the question may not be fully

answerable right now, given the complex nature of wind and current limitations in modeling the climate system.

State Climatologist Dr. PaoShin Chu, who is also a professor of meteorology at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, conducted a study last year on the number of trade winds days in the Islands. "We did find there [has been] a significant drop in trade-wind frequencies at major airports in Hawai'i over the last 30 years," he wrote in an email. "At present, it is hard to say for sure this phenomenon is caused by the global warming, although it cannot be ruled out."

The issue of wind intensity is less c1ear cut. Moloka'i and Lana'i were chosen, in part, for the strength of their winds, which are reportedly able to generate more energy than most other places in the nation. But whether that will remain true in the future is unknown.

"In response to anticipated global warming, we have a fairly robust expectation of weaker tradewinds in the Pacific, nearer the equator," wrote Dr. Kevin Hamilton, director of the IPRC and UH meteorology professor, in an email. '' [W]hat will happen around Hawai'i, up here at 20 degrees North, is less certain, however, and we can't be sure that the long-term trend will be for weaker trades here, or how much bigger the trend would be."

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ment, concurs, "There is wide disagreement on the validity of this idea.

"This area of climate science is highly debated and no clear consensus has emerged. Models and observations do not uniformly agree, so it is too early to tell what the future holds."

The assessment is further complicated by natural variations in the wind cycle, limitations in available data and even the methods used to collect that data, according to Hamilton.

"Recent research at my center (led by Dr. Hiroki Tokinaga) has shown that just the overall trend to having larger ships in the commercial fleet has affected the observations of 'surface' winds over the ocean, which are taken on board ships somewhere above deck level," Hamilton wrote. "Since the wind speed generally increases with height, the trend to larger ships has introduced a spurious increase in the 'observed surface' winds over the ocean."

But even after making adjustments for these effects, he wrote, "It is found that the trends near Hawai'i in surface winds have not been simple." Data seem to indicate that "the winds have significant natural fluctuations, as well as long-term trends that may be driven by human-induced climate change."

Ultimately, Hamilton wrote, both global warming and natural fluctuations could impact local winds, and with them, wind farms in the Islands. "[U]nfortunately no one can provide a definitive forecast now of what to expect in 10 years, 50 years or 100 years."

-Joan Conrow

-Health

Body' Professionals in Honolulu urge tattoo seekers to think before they ink

lnk-orporated MATTHEW KAIN

I n the state of Hawai'i, it's illegal for anyone other than a licensed professional, working in a professional stu

dio, to work as a tattoo artist. There are potential health risks involved, and tattooing is an especially easy way to transmit communicable diseases-like hepatitis, HIV, HPV and tuberculosis-when proper health .guidelines aren't followed. Licensed tattoo artists are required to take courses on blood borne pathogens, as well as the proper protocol for setting up, tearing down and sterilizing their studio or work area.

However, tattoo machines , needles, inks and other supplies, can be purchased by, well, anyone with enough money to buy them. A person doesn't need a license to purchase a tattoo gun, nor do they have to be educated on subjects like sterilization or blood borne pathogens. A person doesn't even need to be 18.

"There are a number of places that people of any age can purchase equipment and have it in their hands ," -says Tattoo Hawai'i's Peggy Sucher, a·tattoo artist of 30-plus years and a health instructor for the Alliance of Professional Tattooists. "I don't care if the person is 30 years old. If they don't understand the principles behind tattooing and the safety issues involved , it can be a deadly process."

The lack of regulations surrounding the sale of tattoo equipment puts tattoo guns right in the hands of the "scratchers," or the hacks of the body art industry. Scratchers are the people who will tattoo any willing person for a seemingly irresistible price, the whole of which is really paid for by having to live with a shitty tattoo for the rest of ones days. We've all seen them; the half-assed, faded , squigglylined, back-room toddler drawings that look like they belong more on a refrigerator than on a forearm. But the visual results of poor quality tattooing are a small inconvenience compared to a lifetime of health-related issues due to hepatitis or some other communicable disease.

Dr. Alan Tice, an internist at Queens Medical Center specializing in communicable diseases, treats patients for all kinds of ails, chief among them-hepatitis. He agrees on the importance of good standards and education for tattoo

artists as well as the education of their clientele. Tice has also seen cases of communicable diseases contracted through tattooing firsthand. "I know of cases, a lot of cases actually. It 's not as frequent as injection drug use, but I clearly see it coming from tattoos. No question about it."

Hardly Skin Deep The glamorization in recent years of tattooing via reality television shows has induced an explosion of popularity , while simultaneously making the practice (formerly a packroom subculture) mainstream cool. It has also flooded the industry with a plethora of notso-reputable inkers .

"When I first started getting tattooed, you got tattooed because you wanted to be different," says Mike Ledger, an O'ahu artist of both ink and canvas who boasts over 20 years of tattooing experience. " Nowadays , because of the popularity of it, the stigma is reversing. 'I want to be the cool kid; I want to get those sleeves' is the mentality. Whereas when I got it done, I wasn't the cool kid. I was definitely walking that different path."

Ledger wants to see tattooing preserved as both an art form and as a profession for the next generation of tattooists, not exploited as a bandwagon movement by trendsetters . "People see tattooing-especially when they put it on TV-and these

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tattooists on TV are buying Rolexes and Escalades in cash. These shows came on TV, and a lot of people got involved in tattooing that had nothing to do with tattooing other than trying to make a profit off of it."

Notwithstanding their mainland pop-ularity, tattoos have been a part of Polynesian culture for over two centuries. Even the word tattoo-a result of Englishmen mispronouncing the Samoan word "tatau" -originated in the Islands. It goe,s without saying that to this day people in Hawai'i and all over the Pacific consider tattooing a mainstay in cultural bonding and showing pride in their heritage.

Ledger continues, "Tattooing has been a big part of Polynesia, but also the people that were doing it were very wellrespected members of the community. And I think nowadays , being a tattooist , you have a tremendous amount of responsibility. Before you pick up that machine, it's your responsibility to learn about what you're passing onto people, it's not just a tattoo."

Body art may no longer be privy to subcultures, but for those who freeze memories in ink, they're forever reminded of a significant time or event in their life; a whim or an ideology that they felt needed to be embedded deeply-and unfortunately, sometimes not so deeply-beneath their skin. •

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In the age of plastic, how do we kick the habit?

p STIC Addiction is a sl-ippery downward

spiral that transforms substances

we once enjoyed in moderation to

something we can't seem to live

without. Think cigarettes, alcohol

and drugs. So for the sake of honesty,

I'm going to come clean: "My name

is Stuart, and I'm recovering from

an addiction to single-use plastics."

FANTASTIC LOVE

STUART COLEMAN

Like every other kid growing up in the Age of Plastic, I didn't realize how pervasive this petro-chemical substance had become or how

dangerous it is to the environment and my own health. But after binging on single-use bottles and bags for decades, Americans are finally waking up to the fact that we've been drowning in a pool of our own plastic waste. Think of the North Pacific Garbage Patch, where plastic debris outweighs plankton and kills countless marine creatures. Think of the waterways, the beaches and the landfills, where plastic pollution contaminates our lives and our environment.

"I didn't realize how plastic my world had become until I decided to go an entire day without touching anything plastic," writes Susan Freinkel in her new book Plastic: A Toxic Love Story. The experiment lasts less than a minute before the author realizes she can't avoid the stuff because it's everywhere. Look around: it's hard not to find some form of plastic, from ABC bags to water bottles to Styrofoam containers from Zippy's. Plastic should be required reading for recovering plastic addicts because it offers hope and simple solutions for people looking for a cleaner, healthier lifestyle.

The Rise of Plastics

Starting with the pioneers of plastic engineering, Freinkel gives a fascinating history about the rise of

plastics in the late 19th and early 20th century. She shows how the industry was intricately tied to the boom in oil and petro-chemical production. "The growing reliance on fossil fuels helped drive the growth of modern plastics industry," she says. Big oil companies began to use their waste products like

111 ethylene as a raw material for plastic

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polymers. Now, the US produces and sells more than 100 billion pounds of plastics each year, making it the country's third largest manufacturing indus-try, behind cars and steel.

To her credit, Freinkel accurately points out the many useful and diverse

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forms of plastic, from common combs to clothing to sophisticated medical equipment. She shows how large companies like Dow, DuPont and ExxonMobil have become modern alchemists, transforming plastic polymers into any shape, texture or product we desire, just by adding certain chemicals. But many of these chemicals are toxic and barely regulated. Recent scientific studies and medical research show how dangerous and pervasive these additives are to our environment and health.

Used in everything from baby bottles to food packaging, plasticizing agents like phthalates, bisphenolA (BPA) and DEHP have become so common in consumer and industrial products that they are literally leaching into our lives. "The result is that at least 80 [percent] of Americans," Freinkel states, "now carry measurable traces of DEHP and other phthalates in their bodies." These chemicals have been proven to be endocrine disruptors that are passed down to our children like "hand-medown poisons." They can even lead to asthma, attention deficit disorder, diabetes, cancer, heart disease, infertility, obesity and various hormonal disorders. Manufacturers produce half a billion pounds of these additives each year, .earning them more than $37 billion, while these chemicals drive up health care costs for the rest of us, especially in Hawai'i.

"US regulators at both the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have lagged behind the changing scientific understanding about chemical risks," writes Freinkel. "But there is a bigger problem: US law tends to treat chemicals as safe until proven otherwise." Of the 82,000 chemicals in use today, almost all are presumed innocent until proven guilty. What happened to the precautionary principle of "Do No Harm?" Big corporations should be responsible for proving that their products are non-toxic. Yet many companies pass the buck onto the consumer, and that's why so many apartments, condos and homes in Hawai'i have ceilings made out of asbestos, a known carcinogen.

But what can we do, you might ask? Ask government agencies like the

FDA and EPA to demand tougher regulations, as do our European allies. "Guided by the precautionary principle, Europeans began limiting DEHP and other phthalates while American regulators continued debating the risks," Freinkel wryly observes. "In essence, European regulators are treating chemicals the way US regulators treat [pharmaceutical] drugs: they're presumed to be dangerous unless shown to be otherwise. American manufacturers are already selling products in European markets that have been reformulated to comply with the precautionary principle." Why can't they offer those same safe products to the people ofHawai'i and across the country?

The Drastic Effects of Plastic

Along with serious health concerns, the author focuses her critical gaze on disposable plastics and

the growing mountains of waste that end up overflowing our landfills and polluting our rivers and oceans. 'We've learned to throw away so well that today half of all plastics produced go into single-use applications." We use things like water bottles, Styrofoam containers and grocery bags once and only for a short time, but they last in the environment for hundreds of years. H~w wasteful and short-sighted is that? Our addiction to plastics has clouded our judgment, making us crave immediate comfort and convenience over a healthier, more sustainable lifestyle in the long run.

Plastic pollution has also caused extensive environmental damage, especially in our oceans, where it kills all kinds of marine creatures through entanglement and ingestion. "Plastic debris has been identified as the cause of injury or death in 267 different species," Freinkel writes, "including 86 [percent] of all species of sea turtles 44 [percent] of all seabirds, and 43 [percent] of all marine mammals." Simply because many of these creatures die out of our sight, we would be out of our minds to allow this kind of pollution to continue killing them at such an alarming rate. Have you ever seen Chris Jordan's dis-

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'1n essence, European

regulators are treating

chemicals the way

US regulators treat

{pharmaceutical} drugs: they're

presumed to be dangerous

unless shown to be otherwise."

-Author, Susan Freinkel

turbing photos of the albatross sent the collective sins of the carcasses filled with plastic age of plastic," Freinkel obdebris? serves in a recent Rolling Stone

In order to illustrate this article. When confronted with ugly reality, local artist and this and any other problem, the writer Susan Scott has made American Chemistry Council beautiful yet poignant art out (ACC), the powerful lobbist of of the single-use plastic light- the plastics industry, always reers and bottle caps she found peats its mantra that recycling inside the decaying bodies of is the ultimate solution. Yet albatrosses on Midway Island. they are not practicing what Scott collaborated with the they preach. "Unlike the paper, Surfrider Foundation to make steel and aluminum industries, a public service announcment the plastics industry has done (PSA) about the issue and little to support recycling, exworked with other artists to cept when it's under political organize an exhibit made from pressure, as in the current fight plastic marine pollution at the over plastic bags," the author 5th International Marine De- says. "Those materials [paper, bris Conference in Honolulu in - steel and aluminum] are recyMarch of this year. cled at three to eight times the

Plastics never biodegrade, rates of plastics." but rather only break up into "Though we believe that smaller and smaller pieces material recovery in the waste called micro-plastics. In the stream is important, plastic ocean, studies have shown recycling is not the ultimate that nurdles, or plastic pellets, solution," says Stiv Wilson, a act like sponges that attract journalist and ocean activist heavy concentrations of harm- who worked with the Surfrider fol chemical pollutants like Foundation to help pass bag PCB, DDT, BPA and phthal- bans in the Pacific Northwest. ates, making them 100,000 "Industry, by their own admisto a million times more toxic sion, can't make a bag out of a than surrounding waters or bag. It takes 70 percent virgin sediment. These polluted mi- plastic to create a new bag, cm-plastics are often eaten and which means all we're doing digested by bottom feeders and by plastic recycling is creating bigger fish, and the toxins are more, not less plastic in the then magnified up the food world, while giving the averchain, ultimately ending up in age, good intentioned citizen our seafood. So plastic pollu- the illusion of progress. This is tion is an environmental and precisely why industry pushes human health issue. plastic recycling-it's a guaran

The Plastic Bag Wars

The plastic bag is the world's most common consumer item, as well

as one of the most littered items, on Earth. Americans go through more than 100 billion bags per year-yet less than 5 percent are yver recycled. "The plastic bag has come to repre-

teed increase in consumption, but it ultimately does nothing to reduce the amount of plastic garbage entering the ocean."

Wilson should know. As the communications director for the 5 Gyres Institute, he and co-founders Dr. Marcus Eriksen and Anna Cummins have sailed on scientific expeditions across the world 's oceans, sampling plastic debris along the way. "The 5 Gyres Institute is the first scientific

research group to gather baseline data of plastic pollution in all five major subtropical oceanic gyres," Wilson says. Most people have heard about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch a few hundred miles northeast of the main Hawaiian Islands, but few people have seen firsthand the plastic pollution that is growing in the other gyres, located in the South Pacific, the North and South Atlantic and the Indian Ocean.

So how do we reduce the amount of single-use plastics in the environment and stop the flow of grocery bags into our waterways, beaches and oceans? It's about changing behavior and the social norm by making single-use plastic and paper bags unacceptable. Responding to public demands to reduce pollution and waste, countries and cities across the globe have begun banning or imposing fees on all single-use plastic (SUP) bags. The message is simple: BYOB-bring your own (reusable) bag. In Ireland and Washington, DC, they charge a fee on single-use plastic bags, and reusable bags ar.e now the new norm of what's expected and acceptable.

In Hawai'i, a coalition of groups helped pass bans on Kaua'i and Maui, and they've been fighting for the last four years for a statewide Bag Bill (SB 1363), which would impose a small offset fee on all single-use plastic and paper bags. Their coalition includes environmental organizations (Surfrider Foundation, Sierra Club, Kanu Hawaii, Kokua Hawai'i Foundation, PlasticFree Hawai ' i and many others), business groups and stores (Retail Merchants of Hawaii, Hawaii Food Industry Association, Safeway and Times Supermarkets), local schools and citizens who are all concerned about the spread of plastic

pollution in Hawai'i. As part of their Rise Above Plastics campaign, the Surfrider Foundation's Hawaii Chapters have also been showing the popular and award-winning new documentary Bag It to schools and community groups across the Islands. The film uses humor, serious research and an inspiring story to help people deal with the plague of single-use plastics in the environment.

The Bag Bill

T-he Coalition was finally able to move their Bag Bill through all of the

committees in the House and Senate last legislative session, only to find it stuck in the final Conference Committee during the last day of debate. But the good news is that the bill is still alive and gaining popular support. Coalition organizers are confident they can pass it next year early in the session in a move to reduce the plastic wastes, which make up about a third of overflowing, municipal landfills across the country.

This kind of pollution policy is part of a global grassroots movement to embrace solutions like zero-waste and extended producer responsibility (EPR). Building towards a strong conclusion, Freinkel embraces these ideas: "Zero-waste policies encourage people to reduce consumption while also pushing industry to extend the lifespan of the things we use by designing and producing products that can more readily be reused, repaired, or recycled." Like reusable bags. Taking this idea further, the author suggests that we shift the burden of disposal from consumers to the producers. "The basic concept of EPR is simple: make the producer responsible for a product's entire life, not just while it is in use but also after

it's been used. As one EPR expert explained it: 'you make it, you deal with it."'

In the middle of his career, Ray Anderson, chief executive officer of the world's largest carpet company, came to the gruesome awakening that he and his fellow corporate leaders were basically "plunderers of the planet." So he changed ' his business model, reduced his environmental footprint, cut out the toxic plastics and chemicals in his carpets and became America's most successful green business leader. By encouraging his clients to bring back their used carpets to his company, Anderson guaranteed their return business while also promoting recycling and a more sustainable and profitable business model. Although Anderson died on Aug. 9, his message about the benefits of EPR and zero-waste policies should reverberate throughout the business world and help revamp the government's green jobs initiatives.

The first step in dealing with any kind of addiction is admitting that there's a problem. But a number of local' politicians, bureaucrats and corporate lobbyists are still in denial, refusing to deal with the growing amounts of plastic pollutants in our landfills, in our oceans and even in our bodies. Still, there are signs of hope and recovery. We are at the tipping point. And books like Freinkel's Plastic: A Toxic Love Story and popular documentaries like Bag It are motivating people to get involved and demand policies that dramatically reduce plastic pollution.

If .you're recovering from your own addiction to singleuse plastics, maybe it's time to kick the habit and embrace a healthier lifestyle and cleaner environment. •

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0 n July 23, Amy Winehouse died at the age of 27.

With smoky Cleopatra eyes and a deep contralto to match, Winehouse released two albums: her debut, Frank, and the critically acclaimed sophomore effort, Back to Black. Using her very public battle with drugs and alcohol, the singer poured herself into her music, composing painfully aching lyrics that were equally cool and self-critical ("I cheated myself I Like I knew I would"), while still striking nerves with anyone who's ever battled the bittersweet aftermath of a breakup ("I want to touch you/ But that just hurts I When will we get the time to be just friends?").

Her jazz and blues stagger and sway-deliberately brusque phrasing and evocative play-itas-it-lays attitude-influenced many, from compatriot singer Adele to Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld. It's no surprise then that the first great soul singer of this century's legacy extends across two oceans to our own little Pacific version of Camden Town's soul scene.

Honolulu jazz fans gather in Chinatown for A Live Tribute to Amy Winehouse featuring soul and blues singers Yoza, Taimane Gardner, Candy Diaz, Kings of Spade, Makke Farley, Kitty Chow and The Bentos, each of whom will pay homage in a celebration of the late singer's music-golden records chat' II surely grace jukeboxes for decades to come.

-Matthew DeKneef

Nextdoor, 43 N Hotel St., Fri., 8/26, 9 PM, $10, nextdoorhnl. com

J. ~"

Stage Donnie Barko Meets Wilfred

When grown men stare talking to imaginary animals, you can

bee something epic's about to happen. In Elwood P. Dowd's case, it's a play performed by The Actor's Group (TAG) and directed by Brad Powell. Dowd's mammal of choice? Well, apparently Frank from Donnie Darko has got a friendlier, bigger cousin-a six-foot, chree-and-a-half7 inch rabbit named Harvey. He is much too large to go unnoticed, yet Dowd is the only one who can see him. Go figure.

The two of chem become fast friends and the best dynamic duo since Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd ... uncil Dowd 's

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freaked-our sister Veta sends him to a sanitarium for the sake of che family. (Ic's a comedy though, so no worries of angry bunny violence.) Let's just say things get complicated from there on, and man and rabbit must overcome outside persecution to make their friendship lase. -MK

Dole Cannery Square, 60 lwilei Rd. Suite IOI, Fri., 8/26-9/18, Thu.-Sat., 7:30PM, Sun., 2PM, $10-$20, taghawaii.net, 122-6941

Whatevas My Big Fat Greek l'estival

A !though the homeland of Greece has recently stepped into a whirl

wind of economic misfortune, the Greek diaspora in Hawai' i seems to be doing quite well. In fact, it's almost time for the anticipated Greek Festival 2011 right here in the Islands, so put those euros away, they're no good here! (Or in Greece , apparently .. .yeesh.)

The festival will be armed with a row of booths covering all of the Greek staplesexpect to find Greek imports ranging from worry beads, pottery (made with the finesse of craftsman-god Hephaestus himself), Greek-chic jewelry and more. The Athensraised musician Sotos Kappas

anq the band Fotia, a Greek group led by vocalist Olympia, will serenade the crowd. This means we' ll also get to hear some bouzouki, Greece's national stringed instrument. The Nisiotes Dancers from Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral will also perform and give dance lessons.

If that isn't enough, the adventurous cuisine might do the crick. At what other time will Dolmathes, kourabiedes, galaktoboureko, moussaka and other unpronounceable dishes be procurable? Olive Tree will be there, too . Learn about the origins of one of the oldest religions from Father John Kuehnle, or indulge in some Greek wine. Or both. There will be something for everybody.

-Niko Rivas

McCoy Pavilion Ala Moana Park, Sat., 8/27-Sun. , 8/28, 12PM-9PM, greekfestivalhawaii. com, 521-1220

'Ohana Face-to-Fin

I t wasn't until the tail end of the 19th century that scientists believed the

deep ocean could be a lodging place for marine life; instead, che common conviction was chat the deep sea was lifeless because it was very ... dark. Nowadays, we are spoiled with intimate glimpses of rare aquat-

ic life through the lens of an aquarium.

It's been six years since the WaikikI Aquarium unveiled a major exhibit, and with the hard work (and $300,000) chat went into the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Exhibit, the six-year hiatus seems worth the wait.

The Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, covering almost 140 thousand miles, is one of the largest marine protected zones in the world: "The Yellowstone of the Sea," as Bill Clinton calls it, is comprised of a cluster of small islands, atolls and shallow lagoons, which are home to 7,000 marine species-a quarter of which aren't found anywhere else in the world.

Observe a living reef ecosystem, representative of the most isolated archipelago in the planet, accompanied by unique alien-like sea creatures. Construction of angel-fish hats or masks will be on standby for those who desire, as well as educational booths-more public awareness will build more support for the protection of biodiversity. -NR.

Waikiki Aquarium, 2111 Kaldkaua Ave., ongoing exhibit, 9AM-4:30PM daily, $9 for adults; $6 for Kamaaina, students, seniors, military; $4forages 13-17; $2forages 5-12; free for 4 and under, waquarium.org, 923-9741

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JAZZ/BLUES Miles lee Trio, Terry's Place (8PM) 533-2322 Johnny Williams Trio, Hank's Cafe (8PM) 526-1410 Yoza,Apartment3 (8PM) 955-9300

ROCK/POP Jeremy Cheng, Hula Grill (7PM) 923-HULA DennisMcCleeseDuo, Cheesecake Factory (8PM) 924-5001 Keith Batlin, Kelley O'Neil's (1:30AM) 926-1777 Pirahna Brothers, Irish Rose Saloon (9PM) 947-3414 Gordon Freitas&local Folk, The Ground Floor (6PM) 538-6012 Chris Murphy, Cabanas Pool Bar (Ghana West) (9PM) 922-3143 TheOldies&GoodiesBand, Pacific Beach Hotel (6:30PM) 923-4511 Doolin'Rakes, Kelley O'Neil's (9PM) 926-1777 Tavana, O'Toole's Pub (9PM) 536-4138 John Valentine with Christina Souza, Hard Rock Cafe (5PM) 955-7383

WORLD/REGGAE Red Stripe Reggae, Boardriders (9PM) 261-4600

25/Thursday HAWAIIAN Beach S's, Tiki's Grill & Bar (9PM) 923-8454 Christian Yrizarry Duo, The Edge, Sheraton Waikiki (6:30PM) 922-4422 Shawn lshimoto, Beach Bar; Moana Surfrider (8PM) 921-4600 Sista Robi Kahakalau & Friends, Cha i's Bistro (7PM) 585-0011 Kawika Kahiapo, Del Beazley,Mike Ka'awa, Kani Ka Pila Grille (6PM) 924-4990 KonaChang Duo, Cheesecake Factory (8PM) 924-5001 littleAlbertMaglimat, Tapa Bar (8PM) 947-7875 Pakelelive!withTonySolis, Willows (6PM) 952-9200 Mana'o Trio, The Shack Waikiki (8PM) 921-2255 KaMomi,Aku Bone Lounge (9:30PM) 589-2020 Keawe'OhanaandFriends, Moana Terrace (6:30PM) 922-6611 Tahiti Rey, Elegant Dive, Hyatt Regency Waikiki (6PM) 923-1234 Ellsworth Simeona, The Edge, Sheraton Waikiki (1:30PM) 922-4422 SheilaWaiwaiole&MaraSagapolu, Hula Grill (7PM) 923-HULA Haumea Warrington, Duke's Waikiki (4PM) 922-2268 Welo, 'Ilikai Hotel (7PM) 949-3811 "AuntyPudgie"Youngand Puamelia, Kiihio Beach Hula Stage (6PM) 843-8002

JAZZ/BLUES Air, Dragon Upstairs (7:30PM) 526-1411 Mano Kane, Hank's Cafe (8:30PM) 526-1410 Steve Lucas, Dots (7PM) 622-4115 Simone Cole,Jive Nene, Kona Brewing Co. (6:30PM) 394-5662 Sunset Street, Thai Sweet Basil (6PM) 988-8811

ROCK/POP Open Mic with Larry Alota& Friends, Terry's Place (8PM) 533-2322 KeithBatlin, Kelley O'Neil's (1:30AM) 926-1777

TitoBerinobis, Chart House (6:30PM) 941-6660 Johnny Helm, RumFire (5PM) 921-4600 Colleen Knudsen, Bambu2 (7PM) MikeloveDuo, O'Toole'sPub (9PM) 536-4138 Ogletree, Coconut Willy's ( 9PM) 921-9000 On·Q, Warrior Lounge, Hale Koa (8PM) 955-0555 Jim Smart, Cha Cha Cha Salsaria (6:30PM) 395.:'7797 -

Taja, Kelley O'Neil's (9PM) 926-1777 John Valentine, Breakers, Hale'iwa (9PM) 637-9898 Pirahna Brothers, Irish Rose Saloon (9PM) 947-3414 . AIWaterson&Friends, Don Ho's Island Grill (6PM) 528-0807

WORLD/REGGAE DominicBallis, Tropics Cafe (9PM) 591-8009 UnNatural, Tiki's Grill & Bar (6PM) 923-8454

26/Friday COUNTRY/FOLK Kelli Heath, Peace Cafe (7PM) 951-7555

HAWAIIAN DavidAsing&AlikaSouzawithJaime, Hula Grill (7PM) 923-HULA Christian Yrizarry Duo, Sam Choy's Breakfast, Lunch and Crab (6PM) 545-7979 Eric lee Duo, Hang Ten (5PM) 293-6000 Harold Kama Jr., Barefoot Bar; Hale Koa Hotel (8PM) 955-9428 Kailua Bay Buddies, Jimmy Buffett's at the Beachcomber (9:30PM) 791-1200 Kaukahi, Kani Ka Pila Grille (6PM) 924-4990 Ko'olauSerenaders, Honey's at Ko'olau (6PM) 236-4653 Ku'uipo Kumukahi, Royal Hawaiian Center Royal Grove (6PM) 922-2299 Ku'uloa Duo, Kona Brewing Co. (7PM) 394-5662 MarkYim'sPilikia, Chart House (6PM) 941-6660 Maunalua, Duke's Waikiki (4PM) 922-2268 Glenn Mayeda, Mai Tai Bar; Royal Hawaiian (6PM) 923-7311 Toma Naito, Terry's Place (8PM) 533-2322 Delima'OhanaTrio, The Edge, Sheraton Waikiki (6:30PM) 922-4422 Olomana, TapaBar (8PM) 947-7875

You ~ow me, I love t?e I~ternet. I'm a serious lurker and don t really try to hide 1t. If I meet someone in person that I've lurked online, I get all giddy about it. "Haii!

We're friends on Facebook! I love your cat." If people ever come at me like that, I am beside myself (on the inside) that my own life can be that interesting to another person. We are human.

The greatest thing to ever happen online as far as I'm concerned is blogs. Not so much the actual word "blog" (I never liked_ that word: Blawg), but more just the idea of regular people creatmg content and putting it out there. It's not really for anyone in particular, just the people that are interested. If you're not in to it, click away. If you are, oh dear, you might be late for work. It's like throwing something sticky on the wall to see if it will stick. You're talking to whoever will read it. We all know the social networks blew up like crazy, but before that, the blogs were killing it. This was before everyone had their own world online on Xanga or Myspace. Now it's amplified times a thousand, but there are still some killer blogs, and you can bet that I'm spending more time flipping through my Google Reader than I am through ranty, emo or overly show-offy Facebook status updates.

Enter, Sweet Lychee. Kristen Oshiro. The sweetest girl with a blog I ever met. She celebrated her blog's first birthday recently at Mercury Bar. With a modest rate sheet and excellent coverage, I'm actually surprised she doesn't have her own dot com yet. Her write-ups are thorough and researched, and she always gets

Check it out rudified.com/

sweetlycheeproductions.blogspot.com/

all of the details included and correct. That's something that seems miniscule but has a very

loud impact. She even takes the time to use proper grammar and spelling. Woah!

The stance I've had on Internet blogs is there can never be too many. Nobody has identical perspectives. I've lurked recaps from as many as five different people in the same room and still loved each one.

The best is when these people collaborate. Be on the lookout for 808 Speakerbox, a joint project by bloo

ger Kristen Oshiro and Photographer Riana Stelburg. Riana is°a bit elusive, but her images and design are fantastic. She's recently been recapping events with Contrast magazine as their intern, b~t her own website has her on the right path to being an art d1rector for some kind of killer visual arts or entertainment publication in the future. Together they plan to raise awareness for the local hip-hop community. There's some damn good hip-hop talent here, and whenever I think about it, the first person that comes to mind is Justin Bone Kaneshiro from the Got Rice show on KTUH. He's one of the hardest working guys in show business, promoting local hip-hop shows with little in return besides the satisfaction of raising awareness. I know it, the girls know it, and the revenue raised from the 808 Speakerbox event planned for January will be re-invested into the Hawai'i hip-hop community through his show. So all we have to do is get through the holidays (which are pretty much tomorrow), and we get this epic showcase of some world-class acts born and bred right here. Keep these things corning, people. I'm lurking you.

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JAZZ/BLUES Stewart Cunningham Trio, Hank's Cafe (9PM) 526-1410 YOZADuo, RumFire (4:30PM) 921-4600 TheHotaubofHulaville, Cafe Che Pasta (6PM) 524-0004 Zach Shimizu, Chiba Okonomiyaki (10PM) 922-9722 Tennyson Stephens, Rocky Holmes, Lewers Lounge (8:30PM) 923-2311 Chris Yeh Quartet, Dragon Upstairs (7:30PM) 526-1411

ROCK/POP Brendan, Kelley O'Neil's (1:30AM) 926-1777 Piranha Brothers, O'Toole's Pub (9PM) 536-4138 FUNKSHUN with Yvette Moore, Hawaiian Brian's (8PM) 946-1343 John Helm Duo, Cheesecake Factory (8:30PM) 924-5001 Jason Laeha and Friends, Pablo's Cantina (8PM) 591-8307 MaNel, Pueo Restaurant at Coral Creek Golf Course (7PM) 479-0576 Masters of OZ, Irish Rose Saloon (9PM) 947-3414 Chris Murphy, Jimmy Buffett's at the Beachcomber (6PM) 791-1200 CoryOliveros, The Edge, Sheraton Waikiki (1:30PM) 922-4422 KimoOpiana, The Shack Waikiki (7PM) 921-2255 Brian Robertshaw, Roy's (6:30PM) 396-7697 Stinkeye, Coconut Willy's (9PM) 921-9000 Taimane, Elegant Dive, Hyatt Regency Waikiki (6PM) 923-1234 Arseniothe Band, Beeman Center, Pearl Harbor (9PM) 471-2581 Vaihi, Tiki's Grill & Bar (7:30PM) 923-8454 John Valentine, Longboards Bar & Grill (6PM) 679-4700 Vinyl Wine, Lulu's Waikiki (10PM) 926-5222

WORLD/REGGAE Most High, Tropics Cafe (9PM) 591-8009 Kunoa, Tiki's Grill & Bar (5PM) 923-8454 HotOubofHulaville, Cafe Che Pasta (6PM) 524-0004

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A SELECTIVE GUIDE TODJ NIGHTS WEDNESDAY,AUGUST24 ACID WASH 2.0@ Nextdoor DJ ANARCHY@ Bar 35 DJ gRAD@ Board riders DJs QUIKSILVA, LOSTBOY, AUDISSEY @Indigo THE GET RIGHT@ Manifest (9PM) H.U.M.P. (hip-hop) (mainstream) (pop) @ Hula's Bar & Le, Stand LISTENING PARTY@ Apartment3 MARTINI NIGHTS@ bambuTwo SALSA NIGHT@ 4Play SOUL BY THE POUND@ thirtyninehotel UNDER $9 AT 9PM @Giovanni Pastrami W.T.F.@ V-Lounge & Bar 7 WILD WEDNESDAYS@ Zanzabar

THURSDAY,AUGUST25 J's@ Apartment3 BROADCAST@ Nextdoor THE CORNER@ Visions FLIRT@ Paparazzi JET BOY, JET GIRL@ Mercury Bar LATIN HEATTHURSDAYS@ Blue Ocean Night Club SALSA AFTER HOURS@ Indigo SKYLARKING@ Manifest THE SPEAKEASY@ Hush

27/Saturday HAWAIIAN 2Point0, Chart House (8PM) 941-6660 Danny Couch, Chai's Bistro (7PM) 585-0011 Kai po Dabin and Buzzy Kealoha with Sherina, Hula Grill (7PM) 923-HULA Manoa DNA, Kani Ka Pila Grille (6PM) 924-4990 Eric Lee, Peter Milo, Uncle's Fish Market & Grill (6PM) 275-0063 Shawn lshimoto, Princess Ka'iulani Hotel (8:30PM) 922-5811 Kamuela Kahoano, The Edge, Sheraton Waikiki (1:30PM) 922-4422 Kailua Bay Buddies, Jimmy Buffett's at the Beachcomber (9:30PM) 791-1200 Kamaka Fernandez Duo, The Edge, Sheraton Waikiki (6:30PM) 922-4422 Lawrence Kidder, Beach Bar, Moana Surfrider (8PM) 921-4600 Kale Pawaiand Halau Na Pua Mai Ka Lani, Kuhio Beach Hula Stage (6:30PM) 843-8002 Ellsworth Simeona, RumFire (5PM) 921-4600 Alika Souza, Don Ho's Island Grill (5PM) 528-0807

JAZZ/BLUES Boogie, Kana Brewing Co. (7PM) 394-5662 Chris Murphy Duo, Duke's Canoe Club (9:30PM) 922-2268 Ta'ltoshCollective, Dragon Upstairs (7PM) 526-1411 Jimmy Funai, Roy's (6:30PM) 396-7697 Ginai&Friends, Brasserie Du Vin (9PM) 545-1115 Jim Hubbard, Kelley O'Neil's (5PM) 926-1777 Souled Out, Dragon Upstairs (9PM) 526-1411 Reggie Padilla, Bruce Hamada,Jim Howard, Darryl Pellegrini,MihokoM, Byodo-in, Valley of the Temples (12:30PM) 239-8811

ROCK/POP Analog, Coconut Willy's (9PM) 921-9000 Brendan, Kelley O'Neil's (1:30AM) 926-1777 Piranha Brothers, Tropics Bar, Hilton Hawaiian Village (3PM) 949-4321 Marti Caldeira, Moana Terrace (6:30PM) 922-6611 KonaChang Band, Duke's Waikiki (4PM) 922-2268 Da Smokin'Tubes, Terry's Place (8PM) 533-2322 Elephant, Irish Rose Saloon (9PM) 947-3414 Jasmin ldica, The Shack Waikiki (8:30PM) 921-2255 JohnValentine,DennisAhYek, The Grand Waikikian (2PM) 953-2700 JohnValentine,DennisAhYek, Moana Terrace (6PM) 922-6611 Juke Joint, Tropics Bar, Hilton Hawaiian Village (6:30PM) 949-4321

SPIN @ Hula's Bar & Lei Stand TAP THAT THURSDAYS@ Soho TGIT@Lotus THIRSTY THURSDAYS@ Zanzabar

FRIDAY, AUGUST 26 DJ 45 REVOLVER & DJ QUIKSILVER@ Indigo DJ/VJ RACER-X@ Hula's (5PM) DJ/VJ KSM@ Hula's (9PM) FADED FRIDAYS@THAI SWEET BASIL FUNKY FRESH FRIDAYS@ Paparazzi HANDLEBAR@ Soho LIVE @4PLAY FRIDAYS@ 4Play Nightclub POSH@ Oceans808 PRE@Nobu PUSSYCAT LOUNGE@ Apartment 3 ROCK SOLID FRIDAYS@ Showbox SALSA@ Sand Island Sports Club THE SESSION@ Lulu's Waikiki SINSUAL FRIDAYS@ Zanzabar FRENCH TOAST FRIDAYS@ The Villa TOAST @ Bonsai VJ's Back Yard BBQ@ Fresh Cafe

SATURDAY, AUGUST 27 THE BOILING POINT@ RumFire CLUB CARIB/REGGAGE NIGHTS@ Tiki's ENERGY@ The Warehouse FLIRT@Soho FLASHBACK SATURDAY@ T-Spot FLASHBACK SATURDAYS@ The House of Fortune GOOD LIFE SATURDAYS@ Letta HUGS AND KISSES@ Bonsai KA-BOOM SATURDAYS@ Ka NOIR@ Brasserrie Du Vin PAPERDOLL REVUE@ Fusion Waikiki PRESTIGE @ Paparazzi SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE@ Lulu's Waikiki SIZZLING SALSA SUMMER NIGHTS@ Indigo

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Melveen Leed, International Marketplace (11AM) 971-2080 Chris Murphy, Jimmy Buffett's at the Beachcomber (6PM) 791-1200 Chris Murphy, Duke's Waikiki (9:30PM) 922-2268 Doolin'Rakes, O'Toole's Pub (9PM) 536-4138 Soul Revival Sound System, Mercury Bar (9:30PM) 537-3080 Tiki Taboo, La Mariana Restaurant (9PM) 841-2173 John Valentine, Princess Ka'iulani Hotel (8:30PM) 922-5811 Vinyl Wine, Kailua Town Pub (9PM) 230-8444 Paradise XS, Kelley O'Neil's (9PM) 926-1777

WORLD/REGGAE Guidance, The Shack Waikiki (6PM) 921-2255 Kunoa, Tiki's Grill & Bar (7:30PM) 923-8454

28/Sunday HAWAIIAN Beach S, Tropics Bar, Hilton Hawaiian Village (5:30PM) 949-4321 DavidAsing, Tropics Bar, Hilton Hawaiian Village (3PM) 949-4321 Brother Noland, Kani Ka Pila Grille (6PM) 924-4990 KonaChang, RumFire (5PM) 921-4600 Waipuna Duo, Mai Tai Bar, Royal Hawaiian (6PM) 923-7311 Ericlee Duo, Cheesecake Factory (8PM) 924-5001 George Kuo, Martin Pahinui,AaronMahi, Moana Terrace (6:30PM) 922-6611 Ledward Ka'apana, Kana Brewing Co. (6PM) 394-5662 Kalani Maio and LeilaniVakautawith Tyra, Hula Grill (7PM) 923-HULA Twyla Ululani Mendez and Halau Na Pua A Lei, Kuhio Beach Hula Stage (6:30PM) 843-8002 Mike Kawa'a, Ocean Kaowili, AnaluAina, Paul Kim, Honey's at Ko'olau (3:30PM) 236-4653 Nalani Productions, Waikiki Beach Walk (5PM) Royal Hawaiian Band, Kapi'olani Park Bandstand (2PM) 523-4674 Sean Na'auao, Tapa Bar (8PM) 947-7875 Ellsworth Simeona, Tiki's Grill & Bar (9PM) 923-8454

JAZZ/BLUES Dr.J's Blues Review First Anniversary Party: Featuring The BlueStones, Anna's (5PM) 946-5190 NolyPa'a, Lewers Lounge (8:30PM) 923-2311 KellyVillaverde, Kahala Hotel & Resort (7:30PM)

SLOW & LOW @ Lotus SUGARHILLSATURDAYS@ lge's SUPPER CLUB @ Apartment3 SUPER HANDSOME SATURDAY@ Manifest THE SURF SHACK@ The Shack Waikiki

SUNDAY, AUGUST 28 BEACH PARTY BLAST@ Hula's Bar & Lei Stand (5PM) DOUBLEDOUBLE SUNDAYS@ Hula's w/ DJ RACER-X (9PM) INDUSTRY NIGHT@ Nobu SIZZLIN SUNDAYS@ Zanzabar, 18+ THE VITAL LOUNGE@ V Lounge

MONDAY, AUGUST 29 BROKE ASS MONDAYZ@ Red Lion Waikiki MAD MEN MONDAYS@ Apartment 3 MAD HOUSE MONDAYS@ Aiea Bowl MOTOWN MONDAYS@ Next Door SWITCH MONDAYS@ V-Lounge UNDERGROUND PLAYGROUND@ Mercury Bar WII PLAY MONDAY@ Bar 35

TUESDAY,AUGUST30 $5 FOOTLONG TUESDAYS@ Paparazzi DIAMOND @ V Lounge EYE CANDY@ Hula's Bar & Lei Stand HAPPY HOUR@ Apartment3, 21+ HUSH HUSH TUESDAYS@ Hush, 21+ KALEIDOSCOPE@ thirtyninehotel (9PM)

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ROCK/POP ArtofWhimsyStompinSunday, O'Toole's Pub (9PM) 536-4138 Cecilio&Kompany, Terry's Place (7PM) 533-2322 Dean&Dean, Chart House (6PM) 941-6660 Erica Sunshine Lee, Kelley O'Neil's (5PM) 926-1777 Henry Kapono, Duke's Waikiki (4PM) 922-2268 Melveen Lee( Chai's Bistro (6PM) 585-0011 Masters of OZ, Kelley O'Neil's (9PM) 926-1777 Chris Murphy, Arnold's Beach Bar (5PM) 924-6887 Jim Smart, Cha Cha Cha Salsaria (6:30PM) 395-7797 SuperHeroslnTraining, Coconut Willy's (9PM) 921-9000 John Valentine, Beach Bar, Moana Surfrider (8PM) 921-4600 JohnValentinewithChristinaSouza, Hard Rock Cafe (5PM) 955-7383 Paradise XS, Irish Rose Saloon (9PM) 947-3414 Robert Young, Uncle's Fish Market & Grill (5PM) 275-0063

29/Monday HAWAIIAN Christian YrizarryDuo, Cheesecake Factory (8PM) 924-5001 Naluhoe Duo, The Edge, Sheraton Waikiki (6:30PM) 922-4422 Na Kama, Hula Grill (7PM) 923-HULA Ericlee, Hula Grill .(7PM) 923-HULA LittleAlbertMaglimat, Beach Bar, Moana Surfrider (8PM) 921-4600 JerrySantosand Friends, Chai's Bistro (7PM) 585-0011 Ellsworth Simeona, Duke's Waikiki (9:30PM) 922-2268 Haumea Warrington, Duke's Waikiki (4PM) 922-2268

JAZZ/BLUES Pau Hana Blues Band, OnStage Drinks & Grinds (6:30PM) 306-7799 Absolute Joy, The Ground Floor (6PM) 538-6012 The Rhythm Klub, Terry's Place (8PM) 533-2322 JG Syndrome, Dragon Upstairs (7PM) 526-1411 Tennyson Stephens, Rocky Holmes, Lewers Lounge (8:30PM) 923-2311

ROCK/POP Jeremy Cheng, RumFire (5 PM) 921-4600 Dux Deluxe, Irish Rose Saloon (9PM) 947-3414 FVP Music All-Star Acoustic Showcase, Terry's Place (8PM) 533-2322 Jherard&MicahDuo, Hang Ten (5PM) 293-6000

And Shoes Too ...

N ew Jersey, New York, Las Vegas, Colorado and Hawai'i, this is just this week's itinerary and a

small sample size of the life and times of being a DJ on top of the world.

Introduced to the club scene by the late DJ AM, DJ Vice has become synonymous with Vegas A-list nightlife. His powerhouse residencies at Tao at the Venetian and Vice Sunday's at the Palazzo's Lavo put the Vice-man in the highest regard in all possible facets of music, entertainment and pop culture. Best thing of all is that he ain't Top 40.

Vice's zest and innate ability to remove people out of their safe-guarded elements and place them into his energetic feel-good realm has attributed to over 600 club appearances in his illustrious 20-year career. You could categorize him as the ultimate DJ workaholic, only if he considered DJ-ing work.

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Mike Love, O'Toole's Pub (9PM) 536-4138 Masters of OZ, Kelley O'Neil's (9PM) 926-1777 John Valentine; The Edge, Sheraton Waikiki (1:30PM) 922-4422 John Valentine, Moana Wine Bar (6:30PM) 922-3111

30/Tuesday COMEDY Johnny"Sparkles" Medina, Jose Ver, Anthony Siano, SeanKoegel,Aaron Pughes, Hawaiian Brian's (8PM) 946-1343

HAWAIIAN Art Kalahiki Duo, Cheesecake Factory (8PM) 924-5001 Kapena Delima, RumFire (5PM) 921-4600 Maunalua Duo, The Edge, Sheraton Waikiki (6:30PM) 922-4422 Ainsley Halemanu and Ka Liko O Kapalai, Kuhio Beach Hula Stage (6PM) 843-8002 Kamuela Kahoano, Hula Grill (7PM) 923-HULA Ellsworth Simeona, Duke's Waikiki (9:30PM) 922-2268 Haumea Warrington, Duke's Waikiki (4PM) 922-2268

JAZZ/BLUES JazzM.O.G.I., Indigo (6:30PM) 521-2900 Kelly Villaverde, The Edge, Sheraton Waikiki (1:30PM) 922-4422

ROCK/POP Jenna, Erika Elona & The Best Dudes Ever, Zack Shimizu Band, Apartment3 (8PM) 955-9300 Erica Sunshine Lee, O'Toole's Pub (9PM) 536-4138 Masters of 01, Kelley O'Neil's (9PM) 926-1777 ChrisMurphy, Arnold's Beach Bar (5PM) 924-6887 TheOldies&Goodies Band, Pacific Beach Hotel (6:30PM) 923-4511 Vinyl Wine, Sandbox Waikiki (10PM) 923-8848

Concerts 6 Clubs 'i'Amy Winehouse Tribute (Hot Picks)

Nextdoor, 43 N. Hotel St.: Fri., 8/26, (9:30PM) $10. nextdoorhnl.com

America America hits 50th state. Blaisdell Concert Hall, 777 Ward Ave.: Thu.,

8/25, (7:30PM) $35-$65. ticketmas

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dance. Orvis Auditorium, 2411 Dole

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Boutique, the only thing that rivals his shoe game, which is a little over 200 pairs deep, is his passion for the party rock.

In June, he travel~d into uncharted DJ territory by playing the Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas, his first ever music massive experience. Summer Wonderland is out to prove that it's not about your first time, it's always about your best time.

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'' e were tourists in France," writes Julian a Spahr in her new

book, Well Then There Now, "There were long lines. My mother waited in them. I sat outside and took notes. In the park, someone was singing we are all in this world together. There were some grapes. Someone was feeding sparrows, making them perch on the thumb and eat out of the hand if they wanted any food . The sparrows preferred to eat on the ground . .. I thought about who owned what. And divisions. And songs sung in bars ... "

It's unclear, from the contents of Spahr's book exactly how much time she spent in Hawai'i, or France, or Appalachia, but one can immediately gather that she pays attention to more than most temporary "settlers." Her concerns, during these epic odysseys are ecological complications in places where language is as touchy as pin-pricking or coral stabs . In Hawai'i, the shrinking of public beachfront and the inevitable extinction of indigenous species are all among the physical and theoretical

concerns of a poet, who has disdain for ordinary language, but respect for the alphabet.

"Some of we and the land that was never ours" is a response to this witnessing. In this poem, Spahr illustrates monotony and repetitiveness better than a 1920s French photograph, and yet, somehow, she finds the ability to sustain our attention. "But the ground was never sure with us. Is never some of ours. Be never certain with us. Never will be rightly some of ours. Be correctly never certain with us. Never to be owned. Never to be had. And the land's green is the land's owning of us. And the green of the ground is the possession of the ground of us."

In the chapter entitled, "Dole Street," Spahr reaches beyond the street's physical coordinates. She explores bumper stickers-"Giant girls bathing in suits with provocative poses" -stickers about desire and ownership and identity and place. She historicizes the streets she walks and speaking of what was once an industry town, Spahr writes, "Then it was sugar, now it is tourism ... Yet history continues."

It's obvious that, during her time here, Spahr grappled with being an outsider on an island where being an insider is

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more precious than gold. Yet, there is a "place" where most foreign poets/writers/journalists go, but Spahr resists the temptation. She holds back during the very moments when you think she might just say the words many of us ask without hesitation-do I belong here?

"What we know is like and unlike/ as it is kept in different shaped containers/ it is as the problems of analogy/ it as the view from the sea/ .. .it as the opinion of the sea/ it as the occidental concepts of government, commerce, money and imposing/ what we know is alike and unalike .. . "

Spahr makes no apologies for being a guest in other people's houses. Her guidance into a city, onto an island where the illusion is thick with delusion, is worthy of a hefty fee .

"Shortly after I moved to Hawai'i," she writes later in the book, "I began to loudly and hubristically proclaim whenever I could that nature poetry was immoral. There is a lot of nature poetry about Hawai'i. Much of it is written by those who vacation here and it is often

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What is remembered from a journey through Well Then There Now is the book's collection of words about objects, its political and social clarity and its impressive ability to endure. •

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But that's misleading too, she continued. Problems: (1) Whales aren't always active. (2) Typical size for a mature male blue whale is more like 107 tons, not 80. (3) Computation of per capita US energy consumption is based on gross usagehow much energy gets pumped into the system. But not all that energy finds its way to us; some leaks away. Likewise, the prodigious quantity of krill eaten by a blue whale isn't all digested; some is wasted. The true comparison, therefore, should be per capita US energy consumption vs. how much food a whale actually eats. D

oes the average American use more energy than a blue whale? The New York Times says it's true. Is it? -petew83, via the Straight

Dope Message Board

We need to clear up a couple levels of confusion here. First, The New York Times didn't say the average American

uses more energy than a blue whale. The paper quoted someone as saying this. The Times doesn't have a policy of only quoting people who say true things. If it did, all coverage of politics would come to a screeching halt.

Second, the more pertinent question isn't whether this is true. It's who the hell cares? The average American sits at the top (or the bottom, depending on how you look at it) of a vast industrial enterprise that has harnessed a sizable percentage of the earth's resources in the service of our present rock 'n' roll lifestyle. The average whale swims in the ocean all day and eats krill. If you're telling me the latter approach has less"impact on the planet, I'm not going to argue with you. But if you're offering it up as a model, we human spendthrifts can learn from, all I can tell you is it's going to be a tough sell.

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By Cecil Adams

issue anyway. Why? Blame my assistant Una. So what if this line of investigation is in basic respects inane, she said. It would still be cool to know.

The Times piece you refer to, "A Physicist Solves the City" (it ran in the magazine section last Dec. 17), describes the work of physicist Geoffrey West, who compares himself to Isaac Newton and claims to have discovered the mathematical Jaws that govern how cities work. West thinks urban living, while intrinsically energy-efficient, nonetheless drives up overall power consumption, to the point where Americans now burn through energy at a rate of 11 kilowatts per person. "What you find is that we have created a lifestyle where we need more watts than a blue whale," the Times quotes him as saying.

To ascertain the truth of this, we first looked into the human end of things. According to the Department of Energy, gross energy use for the US is about 103 quadrillion BTUs per year. If we divide this by the US population, then convert it into continuous average energy use, sure enough, we end up with about 11 kilowatts per person.

Next we checked the energy requirement of a blue whale . Here we ran into

cording

Aha! said Una. That's more than humans, not less. West screwed up.

Come now, I said. It's in the ballpark. This fellow West has done high-profile work on animal.metabolism and is clearly no dope. Parties of his stature don't make mistakes; they merely misspeak. We'll assume he meant to say we use almost as many watts as a (smallish) blue whale, not more.

Fine, said Una, make excuses. But it's still not fair to compare per-person energy consumption for all human activity in the US with the resting rate for blue whales. Whales are plenty active-ask Captain Ahab. Perusing the biological literature, we find disagreement about the active metabolic rate of blue whales, but the conservative figure seems to be three times_ the basal rate. In other words, an active 80-ton whale might consume energy at a rate of 36 to 75 kilowatts, considerably more than the average American.

I conceded the wisdom of this. We turned again to Lockyer. She calculates that a 107-ton young adult male blue whale (who eats less than the female) consumes 491 million kilocalories annually. That works out to a continuous rate of 65 kilowatts. So the average American doesn't use more energy than a blue whale, but rather much less.

OK, I said, but II kilowatts per person is still a lot. Assuming the average blue whale weighs 1,200 times what the average American does, pound for pound the American is using roughly 200 times as much energy as the whale, an ominoussounding ratio sustainability-wise.

True, said Una. But there's another way of looking at it. For all our frantic consumption of resources, there's a simple creature of the ocean that uses six times as much.

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A s the vampire Jerry, recently transplanted into a brand-new Las Vegas suburb,

Colin Farrell, a twinkle in his eye and shooting one-liners from the hip, is bliss itself about his trade; he's a blood-sucker who is happy in his work. He's a charmer to boot and quite interested in his new neighbor (Toni Collette, yet) and her teenage son (Anton Yelchin, Chekov from Star Trek); but sonny is onto Jerry pronto. Meanwhile, sonny's high-sc_hool friends start disappearing, later to reappear as vampire proteges.

The first 15 minutes of Fright Night is pretty conventional for a horror film (except for Jerry's disposition and sense of humor); the second goes into high

comedy (part of which might elude some Hawai'i kids) and the third act pours on the gore, special-effects and also makes good use of 3D, if you should select that route.

Colin Farrell scares up laughs in the sly horror-comedy Fright Night

The cast is great, including Imogen Poets (28 Weeks Later), as sonny's hot girlfriend, and David Tennant (Doctor Who) as a Russell Brand-type magician, whose Las Vegas show is a hit but whose personal life is drug-and-alcohol-addled.

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The aforementioned Collette is good, too, but is soon side-lined in the hospital, mare's the pity.

So it's a vampire-chase movie, right? Yep, and it's a firstrate one-whenever Farrell is on-screen-but he's really the only cast member who fully realizes the potential of the material. Farrell's role is secondary to Yelchin's and shouldn't be: More sly comedy would have helped this heaps. Still and all, the "serious" Farrell acquits himself honorably: He knows how to give good fangs while keeping tongue in cheek.

This re-boot is an improvement over the original (1985), although some of the hipster stuff might be too high-flown for the families (with babies) who bring the entire unit to horror films. But Farrell, who has recently stolen movies like Crazy Heart (in which he was

unbilled), Horrible Bosses and a recent Peter Weir adventure, is in top form here: He's turning into one of best young actors under 36. And he's just completed the remake of Total Recall.

As Peter Vincent, the stage magician/ersatz vampire stalker, Tennant (a big draw in Europe because of Doctor Who) becomes a reluctant hero when he is recruited in chasing Jerry. Armed with a special weapon (the powers of which are invented for this film), Vincent

approaches this killer, who whacked his mom and dad. Vincent shoots at Jerry, so close that Jerry can say, "You have your mother's eyes." The bullet only wounds Jerry, who then says, " ... And your father's aim." It's that kind of movie, Bunky.

I'm recommending this movie as a DVD enhanced by drink and smoke at home. In the theater, you're likely to deal with squalling babies-and their parents who are not yet out of their teens. Auwe. •

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Opening Amigo The latest film from John Sayles is a fictional account of events during the Philippine-American War. Columbiana Zoe Saldana is an assassin out to kill the Columbian drug lord who murdered her folks. Action! Don't Be Afraid of the Dark Guy Pearce and Katie Holmes are parents of a young girl who is being bothered by strange creatures that want her to become one of them. ~ One Voice See Hot Pick on page 8. Our Idiot Brother Paul Rudd stars in this comedy about a family who don't seem to hold one of their siblings in the highest esteem. Sex & Zen 3D: Extreme Ecstasy See review on page 15. Sunny A group of high school girls meet 25 years later in this Korean blockbuster. Tabloid The latest documentary from Errol Morris (The Thin Blue Line) examines a former Miss Wyoming who is charged with abducting and imprisoning a young Mormon Missionary. Way Back HomeAlonglostdaughter returns to her family in this Pinoy drama.

Doris Duke Theatre Honolulu Academy of Arts, 900 S. Beretania St., honoluluacademy.org, 532-8768 ~ El Bulli: Cooking in Progress See Food Box on page 16. Wed.-Fri., 8/24-8/26, 1 & 7:30PM Sat.-Sun., 8/27-8/28, 1, 4 & 7:30PM The First Movie Filmmaker Mark Cousins and his crew travel to Goptapa, a Kurdish village in Northern Iraq devastated by Saddam Hussein's regime. They discover children who have never seen a movie. The filmmakers play them children's classics before giving each kid a Flip camcorder to make their own movies. Tue.-Wed, 8/30-8/31, 1 & 7:30PM

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The Killers (1946) Two killers are after down on his luck boxer Burt Lancaster in this film noir classic also starring Ava Gardner and adapted from an Ernest Hemingway short story. Thu., 8/25, 12:30, 2:30, 4:30 & 6:30PM A Wednesday! (2008) Five bombs will explode in Mumbai if four terrorists aren't released from prison in this intense thriller. Thu., 8/25, 8:30PM ~ Queen to Play (2009) Kevin Kline takes on his first completely non-English speaking role in Queen to Play. This drama about a woman drawn to the game of chess isn't a flashy flick-or even a significant one-but it's still a powerful film that is luxurious in

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W ith a title like JD Sex & Zen: Extreme Ecstasy, one

would think the movie would be arousing or at least tantric-ly titillating in a zen kinda way. Wrong-o. It's none of the above.

Billed as "the world's first erotic 3D movie," the Hong Kong sensation is actually numbingly stupid and unfunny, and, worse, the latter third of the film is downright offensively misogynistic.

A loose adaptation of the novel The Carnal Prayer Mat, the film follows Ming Dynasty scholar Wei Yangsheng. He marries, but in bed, his sexual congress with the missus all turn out to be a bit... premature. At the suggestion of a friend, he hits up the most exclusive brothel in China to learn all about the ways of pleasure.

Yes, we get bumping and grinding, but everything is played for laughter in an extremely silly way. The humor is broad to say the least. At one point, a man oofs a concubine

mid-air while swinging from a chain looped around the sculpture of a penis. Okay ...

Also plentiful are the boobs. If yQu're an Asian breast man, you should have the time of your lechy, pervy life. While there is no full-on sex depicted here, there is still tons of breast mashing. Not carressing, mind

The worlds first erotic 3D movie is a total turn-off you. Mashing. The partners of the poor women in this movie all seem to be under the impression that mammaries should be squished over and over again like the stress ball on your office desk.

There are also the occasional chaste bush shots, but those looking for ding-ding are going to be sorely disappointed. Suffice to say, the only thing pointing out of the screen at you is the giant organ of a ... horse. The horse's dong is re-

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But then the film takes a nasty turn in the last third. There is a point where none of this is remotely fun anymore. Its scenes of violent rape is downright offensive and misogynistic. In Asian cinema, there has always been a market for this type of hentai nonsense, but a certain line has been crossed here. In one scene, there is the graphic implication of gynecological torture, and it's just plain offensive.

There will probably be a huge curiousity to see JD Sex & Zen: Extreme Ecstasy for the whack-off factor, but it's clear that this film simply hates women. If you really want to see something to keep in the spank bank, just stay home and download porn . •

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Old World Merlot Five blind tastings shed a new light on grape varieties and wine perceptions. Vino, Restaurant Row, 500 Ala Moana Blvd. Suite6 D-1 Thu., 8/25 $39. [email protected], 533-4476

BYOB Dinner Vino serves up two new dishes plus dessert in a family-style large platter table setting and participants bring what they think are the appropriate wines. Compare, contrast and learn the art of pairing with old and new friends. Vino, Restaurant Row, SOO Ala Moana Blvd. Suite 6 D-1 Sat., 8/27, (6PM) [email protected], 533-4476

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Natsu Matsuri Summer Festival Enjoy a traditional bon dance, taiko drums and other cultural entertainment with flavorful yakisoba and chicken karaage food booths scattered between. Portion of the proceeds to help Japan on its path to recovery. Pacific Beach Hotel, 2490 Kalakaua Ave. From Fri., 7/29-Sun., 8/28, (Fri., Sat. and Sun., 5:30-9PM) Free entrance; food and game tickets sold separately. 956-8204

Ho'olako-A Taste of He'eia Paepae of He'eia invites you to attend its third annual benefit event of savory fishpond-grown delicacies and fresh local produce produced by renowned Hawai'i chefs. He'eia State Park, 46-465 Kamehameha Hwy., Kane'ohe Sat., 8/27, (5:30-9:30PM) $100. Tickets available at ad min@ paepaeoheeia.org, 236-6178

Nourish Yourself The Ola Loa Wellness team gets together with Whole Foods for an educational event on amazing benefits to eating "whole." Sample unique recipes while receiving affordable tips on reclaiming a healthy lifestyle. Whole Foods, Kahala Mall, 4211 Wai'alae Ave. Sat., 8/27, (11AM) Free. 738-0820

Sunny Side Up Want to learn how to cook with only Nature's resources? Join expert Markus Faigle who has been using the sun to cook nutritious foods, like beans and beets, for years in this sustainable demo. Slow Food O'ahu, For specific location and details, RSVP Michelle at [email protected] Sat., 8/27, (11AM-1PM)

The Art of the Dessert The elegant Veranda offers Chef Mochizuki's exclusive dessert selection-a confectionary of fine Japanese creations-during these afternoon tea hours. So call up Grandma and take her out this Sunday because what have you done for your G-ma lately? Halekulani Hotel, 2199 Kalia Rd. Daily. Through Wed., 8/31, (3-5:30PM) $28. halekulani.com, 923-2311

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Treat Yourself Well Take a break from cooking and bring the family to dinner. Each weekday night chefs will be preparing a special three course dinner. Indulge in beef goulash, seared salmon hash and pot du creme. 3660 On The Rise, 3660 Wai'alae Ave. Mon., 8/29-Thu., 9/1, (Evenings) $30. 737-1177

Vegetarian 101 with Wellness Cuisine Cooking In this basic "starter" class, chef Rebecca Woodland shows wouldbe vegetarians with limited culinary skills, time and/or space how to make a flavorful and healthy transition to a plant-based diet. Wellness Auditorium, Castle Medical Center Wed., 8/24, (6:30PM) $10-$20. castlemed.org, 263-5400

Whisky A-Go-Go Slip into that flat-topped 50s/ long-maned 60s window where the times they were a-changin', with food and drink provided by Town and the museum's Pavilion Cafe. Honolulu Academy of Arts, 900 S. Beretania St. Fri., 8/26, (6-9PM) 532-8700

Wine Down Wednesday A hip way to enjoy wine and learn about four different varieties from local experts with optional food pairings. Town, 3435 Wai'alae Ave. Wed., 8/24 and 8/31, (6PM) $24-25. townkaimuki.com, 735-5900

Beat Down Brunch with Downbeat Indulge in a hearty meal before heading to the beach. Enjoy vegetarian options and vegan chicken waffles, Need some meat? Try a loco moco, maybe wash it down with a Guiness milkshake; now we're talking. Downbeat Diner, 42 N. Hotel St. Sun., 8/28, (11AM-3PM) 533-BEAT

Mango Throwdown Dishes Chef Wayne Hirabayashi and his culinary team competed with 12 other local celebrity chefs in the third annual Mango Throwdown, winning top honors in the "People's Choice Award." Now you can sample these dishes for lunch throughout the month and see why it was such a fan favorite. Kahala Hotel and Resort, sooo Kahala Ave. Through Wed., 8/31 [email protected], 739-8760

Tango the Sundays Away ' Enjoy Sundays with homemade red velvet waffles, braised beef loco moco and breakfast burritos. Can't wait until dinner? Have a gourmet meal for brunch instead. Tango Cafe's sister restaurant is now open every Sunday, offering late risers a chance to indulge in good eats. Tango Market, 1200 Ala Moana Blvd. Sun., 8/28, (8AM-5PM) $6-$11.

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of developing a gorgonzola tree, vacuumized mushrooms and vanishing ravioli. In this way, it's fascinating for more_than the food-obsessed.

Cooking in Progress premieres in Hawai'i at the Doris Duke Theater. The opening night featuring dinner and a movie is sold out, but there are additional screenings Aug. 23-26 at I and 7:30PM; Aug. 27 at 1 and 4PM; and Aug. 28 at l, 4 and 7:30PM.

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The open road of drive-by delica-cies (what we'll affectionately call "highway food") can

consist of anything from a lady selling pickled mango out of her trunk to the guy popping Kettle Korn passenger side. More often than not, we'll just drive right past these institutions and leave them in the dust as we watch their humble reflections grow faint in our rearviews because really, who's in the mood for that one little fill-in-the-blank they're selling?

But after a lazy, dazed 'n' confused afternoon spent zoning out on waves and babes at the beach, you might find yourself driving home with the sun blaring down at you during its highest peak, and the sight of a highway food stand will peek out over the horizon to greet you like a Pacific mirage. Most tend to sell one simple specialized something, but whatever it is, at that precisely moody moment, whatever their scribbled cardboard signs prophetically boast from the curb ahead, sounds like perfection. In an unplanned intersection of Desperation Avenue meets Surprise Street, highway food is food that feels fated.

Last weekend, we took a drive out to the North Shore where many such mini-miracles set up shop. With zero expectations we went to seize these embraceable meals-onwheels. No Google maps. No web research. No clue what we wanted to eat. Just an empty stomach on a full tank of gas with an iPod jacked with Best Coast tunes and a few hours to kill. This is by no means a comprehensive and/or "Best of. .. " highway food vendors list. Simply a three-course meal of the more interesting ones we found - or found us, rather - that Saturday afternoon.

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BBQ CORN 59-360 Kamehameha Hwy.

Open: Saturdays, 8am-2pm

We approach this stand-a gridiron full of organic corn on

the cob-hidden in the parking

lot of Sunset Beach Elementary School and overhear its owner use the words "soil," "Kahuku crops" and "nutrients" in a passing conversation. If learning there's some invested TLC behind what we're about to eat isn't welcoming enough, a booming "Aloha!" from Uncle Woody does it.

Dressed in overalls, a straw hat and tortoise-shell RayBans, Uncle Woody (known at his regular makeshift shop in Hau'ula as "The Corn Guy" by neighborhood kids) is like a friendlier The Dude and as Coen Brothers fans we're really excited about it. At $3 each, or two for $5, he of-fers two barbecue styles with enough flavorful personalities to match: 'Island Style,' a clean and simple glaze of butter, sea and garlic salt and black pepper; or the more flavorful 'Baja Style,' which is glazed in butter, mayo, lemon lime, Parmesan and Baja seasonings. Using a tip he picked up from the street food of his youth surfing days in Mexico, he grills each cob to a slight burn to bring out a nutty-caramelized quality that naturally adds to its sweet 'n' salty properties.

Uncle Woody's BBQ corn stand is a great introduction to everything we're looking for in our highway food: simple, familiar produce with character.

Only problem, is when we get back in the car, we're wishing we had something to wash the golden ker-nels from our teeth ...

FRESH COCONUTS 59-158 Kamehameha Hwy.

Open: Daily, "Hawaiian time"

See what I mean by "fated." Less than a quarter

mile away from the BBQ corn stall is another of cold coconuts for $4-$5. On the perimeter of the three-acre family-owned plumeria farm Smokie Acre Blossoms, lo-cals and tourists alike beat the heat with fresh, humongous coconuts cut straight from the palm trees provid-ing shade to this grass shack.

In between sipping on our coconut juice topped with blood orange nectarine slices and, of course, a fresh-picked plumeria flower, the owner

insists everyone try complimentary apple bananas and juicy lilikoi on the house. He runs this tiny enterprise with such friendliness you'd think he was running for something big like mayor. Actually, scratch that, he's way too genuine to be a politician; the guy just has so much country running through his veins, it reminds jaded townies like us that people still do smile regularly around here. Shocker!

THAI FOOD 66-472 Kamehameha Hwy.

Open: Wed-Sun, llam-6pm

At this point, it's around 2pm and we're craving "food,"

something that'll hold us over until the evening.

Across the McDonald's in Haleiwa Town is a gravelly cul-de-sac of food truck options. Of the three stationed there, only one isn't boasting the ever-popular Kahuku shrimp, so already, Opal Thai Food is the unexpected novelty lunch we rush in line for.

Not familiar with authentic Thai food, the owner Opal makes it a breeze to order. "I don't know what I want,'' I admit. "Do you like spicy food?" he asks. "A little spicy," I answer vaguely. "But not too spicy!" I add because I'm so helpful like that. "Sweet basil chili," he says. Sweet basil chili it is!

While the plates at Opal are nothing fancy to look at, when you're pupils are shrinking into an oblivion from being in the sun all day, presentation isn't a total priority here. Luckily, flavor is. If my entree-a simple chicken satay served on jasmine brown rice-is an indication of the rest of the menu, you're in for generously sized portions, all customizable, for the price of $8-$9. Also, the heat on the plate was at the perfect not-too-hot temperature; whether it was in consideration of the climate could've been a coincidence. But after noticing how many people were interacting with Lio, Opal and his wife's son and lunch wagon mas-cot, you get the feeling that maybe they just care about their customers a lot here.

Sometimes when it comes to a quick bite, instead of seeking out that snack your body isn't sure it's craving, letting the answer reveal itself to you out-of-the-blue can be more rewarding. When you stumble along that out-ofthe-blue highway vendor, we suggest you stop ... and go. If you find the time one weekend, then get on the H-1/2/3 and chart out your own personal roadmap to H-Food. •

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the obstacle. Finally, I predict that these de-now, and where you've got to go next. To in-

partures from habit will show you precious spire your work, here are some of the most

secrets about how to escape more of your interesting from Reddit: 1. Early opportuni-

own negative conditioning in the future. ties wasted, now attempting redemption. 2. Searching tirelessly for that one thing. 3. Liv-

T~U~U~ ing my dream requires modifying dream. 4. Must not turn into my mom. 5. Insane ambi-

(April 20-May 20) tion meets debilitating self-doubt. 6. Do you

"Dear Astrologer: My life is stagnant and want to have sex? 7. Slowly getting the hang

slow. It suffers bone-deep from a lack of of it. 8. These pretzels are making me thirsty.

changes, good or bad or in between. Why has

rnGITT~~IU~ my karma been deprived of all motion? Why must I go on frozen in such eerie peace and (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) quiet? I seek your help. Can you cast a spell Go where the drama is, Sagittarius, but not for me so that I will be happily disrupted and agitated? Will you predict my sorry state of

where the melodrama is. Place yourselfin the

stillness to be ended soon? Arvind Agnimuka, path of the most interesting power, but don't

Taurus from Darjeeling." Dear Arvind: Funny get distracted by displays of power that are

you should ask. According to my analysis, dehumanizing or narcissistic. You are in a

members of the Taurus tribe are about to be phase of your astrological cycle when you

roused out of their plodding rhythm by a bolt have a mandate to intensify your excitement

of cosmic mojo. Get ready to rumble-and I with life and increase your ability to be deep-

mean that in the best sense of the word. ly engaged with what attracts you. I urge you to be as brave as you once were when you

G!ffilNI conquered a big fear and to be as curious as you were when you discovered a big secret

(May 21-June 20) about who you are. For extra credit, be highly

I found this unusual classified ad in a small demonstrative in your expression of what

California newspaper. "Wanted: Someone to you care about.

travel backwards in time with me. This is not

rnP~ICO~N a joke. You must be unafraid to see the per-son you used to be, and you've got to keep a (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) wide-open mind about the past-I mean In his older years, after steadfastly cultivat-more wide-open than you have ever been able to. I have made this trip twice before,

ing his vices with the care of a connoisseur,

and I don't expect any danger, but there may the agnostic actor W. C. Fields was caught

be a bit of a mess. Please bring your own reading the Bible by an old friend. Ques-

'cleaning implements,' if you know what I tioned at this departure from his usual be-

mean." As crazy as it sounds, Gemini, I'm havior, Fields said he was "looking for loop-

thinking you'd be the right person for this holes." I suspect a comparable shift may be in

gig. The astrological omens suggest you'll be the offing for you, Capricorn. In your case,

doing something similar to it anyway. you may be drawn to a source you've perpet-ually ignored or dismissed, or suddenly inter-

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rnNU~ ested in a subject you've long considered to be irrelevant. I say, good for you. It 's an excel-

(June 21-July 22) lent time to practice opening your mind in

Of your five senses, which is the most under- any number of ways.

developed? If you're a typical Westerner, it's

~DU~~IU~ your sense of smell. You just don't use it with the same level of acuity and interest you have (Jan. 1!0-Feb. 18) when you're seeing, hearing, tasting and I watched a You Tube video that showed eight touching. You may speak excitedly about an image you saw or song you heard or food you

people competing in a weird marathon. They

ate or massage you experienced-what they ran two miles, ate 12 doughnuts, then ran

were like, how they made you feel-but you another two miles. I hope you don't try any-

rarely do that with odors. You easily tolerate thing remotely similar to that, Aquarius. If

an ugly building or loud traffic noise or medi-you're in the mood for outlandish feats and

ocre food or itchy fabric, and yet you feel a exotic adventures (which I suspect you might

deep aversion to an unappealing smell. Hav-be), I suggest you try something more life-

ing said that, I want you to know it's an excel-enhancing, like making love for an hour, eat-

lent time to upgrade your olfactory involve-ing an organic gourmet feast, then making

ment with the world. You'd benefit greatly love for another hour. It 's a good time for you

from the emotional enrichment that would to be wild, maybe even extreme, about get-

come from cultivating a more conscious rela-ting the healing you need.

tionship with aromas. Pl~CU uo (Feb. 19-March 20) In the out-of-print book In Portugal, A.F.G.

(July 23-Aug. 22) "Enlightenment is simply this," said the Zen

Bell defines the Portuguese word saudade as

master. "When I walk, I walk. When I eat, I follows: "a vague and constant desire for

eat. When I sleep, I sleep." If that's true, Leo, something that does not and probably can-

you now have an excellentchance to achieve not exist, for something other than the pres-

at least temporary enlightenment. The uni-ent, a turning towards the past or towards

verse is virtually conspiring to maneuver you the future; not an active discontent or poi-

into situations where you can be utterly unit-gnant sadness, but an indolent dreaming

ed with whatever you are doing in the pres-wistfulness." In my astrological opinion, Pi-

ent moment. You'll be less tempted than sees, it is imperative that you banish as much

usual to let your mind wander away from the saudade from your system as you can. If you want, you can bring it back again later, but

experience at hand, but will instead relish the for now, you need to clarify and refine your opportunity to commit yourself completely desires for things that are actually possible. to the scene that's right in front of you. And that requires you to purge the delusional

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A Mighty Wind : Afriend of mine told me a while j back that after living on the : US West Coast for several ! years, he walked into a new, island: style restaurant, sat at a table and ! the sudden sound of Hawaiian mu! sic caused him to break into what ! he called a "Norwegian-style ugly : cry." What makes the story even ! better was that he happened to : be on a first date. She was a Yan! kee. He was born and raised in ! Hawai 'i and that was the end of : their affair.

I had a similar experience recent! ly when, on a Saturday morning, I : listened to Hi'ikua's Aia I Hi'ialo : while eating breakfast. In between ! spooning an avocado into a bowl ! and listening to "He Aloha No 'O : Halawa" and "Maunaloa Slack Key," ( I felt a similar ugly cry making its ! way up through my esophagus and : out of my facial extremities. In the ! midst of all this emotion I grappled

with the fact that this island isn't even technically my home. And my connection to Hawaiian music is only 156 weeks old.

But that's the thing about genres we preface with the word "traditional" -traditional bluegrass, traditional folk music, traditional Spanish-Mexican music, traditional Hawaiian music-who influenced whom? What was once functional in nature became background music for the frying pan, for the hotel lobby, for the West Coast neighborhood eatery.

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The elusive pack of wild bushtailed rock wallabies, tucked away from view in the steep cliffs of Kalihi Valley, seem to have taken on a shroud of mystery. The population of wallabies haven't been monitored by the state since the early '90s, and then funding "like, ran out or whatever." Wallabies are calm and gentle creatures, so unless they become a threat to natural

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ment and fertilization methods. Tin Roof Ranch farmers Luann Casey and Gary Gunder butcher their chickens the day before selling them at the market.

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Yes, all the hype of organic produce at chain markets may sound a little cliche, and the truth is, it is simple and true to Hawai 'i's history. These tours are a reminder that sustaining people on what the land can naturally give is a deep respect for our resources.

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