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vïp^ •Xi -M By Kate Shingler Sherbrooke Something kind of magical is happening in an artsy one-room loft on Wellington Street in downtown Sherbrooke.Marie-Claude Pelchat is making pregnant women from all over the province feel beautiful.Pelchat is a photographer, a portrait artist, who shoots pregnant women almost exclusively.“I would say that 80 to 90 per cent of (my clients) are pregnant women,” said Pelchat, a winsome 33-year-old with thick, dark hair and an expertly made-up face.“I had a very, very strong feeling to work with pregnant women.All the emotions that unravel from pregnant women.the emotions are what touch me the most, their vulnerability, their frailty." Mother to a five-year-old boy, Alex, Pelchat said that her own pregnancy was one of the happiest times of her life.A modern-day renaissance type, Pelchat has tried her hand at a variety of jobs, including working at a bank, a hotel, with autistic kids, and a host of different creative projects including music and dance-oriented initiatives.She stumbled upon photography while traveling in Europe with her ex-husband, who was working as a musician with the Cirque du Soleil at the time.She found a 20-year-old camera and started taking photographs for herself.When the couple returned to the Cirque du Soleil’s home base in Las Vegas, she began experimenting with portraits.But it was only when her childhood friend Annick got pregnant, and Pelchat impulsively shot a roll of her, that her career as a pregnancy portrait photographer was born.See Pregnancy, Page 4 PERRY BEATON/SPECIAI Marie-Claude Pelchat stumbled upon photography while traveling in Europe with her ex-husband, who was working as a musician with the Cirque du Soleil at the time.She found a 20-year-old camera and started taking photographs for herself.When the couple returned to the Cirque du Soleil’s home base in Las Vegas, she began experimenting with portraits.Justin Time • Nicholas K.Pynes Talk Weekly Guide to Arts & Entertainment in the Eastern Townships INSIDE Actor is ed as the Hulk see Page 8 INSIDE A cheese soufflécan be easy to make see Page 2 THE RECORD, June 20-June 26, 2003 Photographer inspired by beauty of pregnancy Sherbrooke woman stumbled across her life’s passion 1 X'w-y —— ¦¦¦¦¦in ¦ i ¦¦¦ — " i ¦¦—¦¦¦ i hi - page 2 June 20-June 26, 2003 RECORD =========“ TALK Daring cooks enjoy the risk of a soufflé Spanish omelette is an easy supper By Julian Armstrong CanWest News Service If you have eggs in the refrigerator, you have the basis for many a fast meal.California food writer Lou Seibert Pappas, who has demonstrated her fine taste buds in many appealing cookbooks, has interesting omelettes in her paperback Omelettes, Souffles and Frit-tatas.This one makes an easy supper or brunch dish with a Caesar salad and crusty bread, she suggests.Ingridients (serves three) 3 tablespoons (50 mL) extra-virgin olive oil 1/3 cup (75 mL) diced ham 1 onion, finely chopped 1 red bell pepper, finely chopped 1 small Japanese eggplant, peeled, finely chopped 1 small zucchini, finely chopped 2 fresh or canned, tomatoes, finely chopped 6 eggs Salt and freshly ground pepper 2 tablespoons (25 mL) minced fresh basil or flat-leaf parsley Directions 1.In a heavy, 10-inch flying pan over medium heat, heat oil and saute ham, onion and pepper until vegetables soften, about five minutes.2.Add eggplant and zucchini and saute another five minutes, until vegetables are tender.Raise heat to medium-high, add tomatoes and cook until juices evaporate, about five minutes more.3.In a bowl, beat eggs with salt and pepper and pour over vegetables in pan.Lower heat to low and cook until underside of omelette is lightly browned.Place under preheated broiler to brown the top side.Or turn omelette over by inverting it onto a plate, then sliding it back into the pan and cooking until set.spoon of it for Step 3.Sprinkle the flour onto the melted butter, and whisk until well blended.Do not stop, or lumps will form.As soon as it thickens into a stretchy paste, add the milk and whisk until well blended and smooth.Add the wine, and turn the heat off.Whisk the yolks in a bowl with salt, pepper and nutmeg.Pour whisked yolks into the saucepan, and mix until smooth and amalgamated.Add the gruyère and half the Parmesan.2.Whisk the egg whites with a pinch of salt in a large, clean bowl until they form firm peaks.Fold the warm batter into the whites with a wooden spoon very carefully so that the air bubbles are preserved.3.Butter the inside of a soufflé dish (any ovenproof casserole will do too), and on a strip of tin foil about seven- inches wide, and long enough to be wrapped around it.Sprinkle the rest of the Parmesan in the dish, tapping it so that it is lightly covered with cheese.Wrap the foil around the top of the dish, attaching the ends with a metal paper-clip or masking tape.4.Pour the batter into the soufflé dish — it should be about 3/4 full.Cook for about 45 minutes, or until the soufflé is risen to well above the rim of the dish and is lightly golden on top.Remove the tin foil and serve immediately.—Alexandra Forbes was senior editor of VIP magazine in Brazil until she moved to the Townships in 2001.Her recipes, all tested in an experimental kitchen, have been collected in a book which is due out in the fall.Questions?Comments?Suggestions?E-mail ale-forbes@hotmail.com.000-, Ingredients (for four people AS AN ACCOMPANIMENT) 100 grams unsalted butter 5 tbsps.wheat flour 1 1/2 cups full-fat milk 1/4 cup dry white wine 6 yolks 8 egg whites 11/2 cups gruyère cheese 1/2 cup grated Parmesan pinch of grated nutmeg salt, freshly-ground pepper Directions 1.Grate the gruyère and set aside.Pre-heat the oven to 350 F.Melt the butter in a saucepan, saving one table- PHOTOS COURTESY XICO BUNY Alex’s Pantry The recipes which appear in this space every Friday are always very straight-forward so they can be easily prepared by even the least experienced of cooks.So believe me when I say, although this one sounds very fancy or complicated, it is no exception.Contrary to what people think, a cheese soufflé is actually quite simple to make, and should take no more than half an hour of work.The catch?Well, there is always an element of risk involved in baking soufflés.Open the oven door too soon and, surprise, it stops rising.Bake it too early, and it will have lost its beautiful golden crown by the time your guests are ready to eat.So be careful not to disturb your soufflé while it cooks.Also, get your timing right so that it goes into the oven 45 minutes before dinner is served.The caution and the attention will definitely pay off at the dinner table: Guests are always very impressed with a cook that dares to serve a soufflé.Be adventurous! i THE i RECORD TALK Backstage ticket to Richmond’s art scene June 20-June 26, 2003 page 3 STEPHEN MCDOUGALL/SPECIA1 L À Jeanette Charland (left), Caroline Kipling and Denise Bibeau (right) keep the Richmond Arts Centre running.The centre welcomes a variety of acts during the year.By Debbie Tacium Ladry Record Correspondent here can you find a music school, a concert hall, an art gallery and get courses in theatre and visual arts, all housed within a converted convent?The answer is the Centre d’Art de Richmond, which has been serving up portions of musical and visual culture in the region for more than 20 years.In addition to two part-time administrators, the Centre relies heavily on volunteers to keep things running.Jeannette Charland is president of the administrative council des Amis de la Musique of Richmond.She's been involved in the Centre since 1981.“The school board was vacating the convent and at that time there were rumours of possible demolition.We remembered the bad end of the convent in Danville (also torn down), and we didn’t want our Mount St.Patrick to meet the same fate,” she said.Built in 1884, mainly for the Irish Catholic population, the convent’s nuns used to teach piano to the youth of Richmond.Charland was one of those students.“We had the building (purchased for the symbolic amount of $1), plus the pianos.That’s all.The city gave us $3,000, but the annual heating costs were $24,000 in 1982,” she continued.“We reduced expenses to a minimum, and kept only a small space open.No secretary, no telephone, we started with nothing.“People devoted themselves to fix the problems, especially Louis Cloutier, my father, who arranged to fix the technical problems for heating the building.” Denise Bibeau, the Centre’s administrative assistant, likens it to a community centre, because the building also houses a volunteer centre as well as Meals on Wheels.“We cater to both the francophone and anglophone populations,” she said.‘Tve always enjoyed working with people in the community and in the arts.It’s so pleasant.” Françoise Proulx is a long-term volunteer with the events committee.She is also somewhat star-struck by the variety and quality of the performers the Centre has hosted over the years.Pianist Angela Hewitt, singer Daniel Bouche, and tango group Intakto are only a few of the memorable events she cherishes.“Besides the work I do as committee member, I make lunches with other volunteers for the visiting artists and their teams.Most of them are very happy to come for the meal, even if they’re tired after their concert.They find the accommodations are relaxing (in Richmond).They like the tranquility here,” Proulx remembered.Carole Kipling is administrative director of the Centre.Her current pet project is the FestiRock, an annual event here.She is currently organizing the third edition, to be held next spring.“It’s an activity targeted (to young people).There was a need for them to be able to play, and the only place was in bars where the conditions aren’t exactly ideal.We offer them a place to maximize their chances, with technical and professional support, and a well-equipped hall,” Kipling noted.She also mentions that the Centre has big projects for the future, including an elevator, air-conditioning for the concert hall and a parking site.Justin Time Records celebrates 20 years Jim West commited to local talent By Jamie Zachary Ben Harper, Murray Head and Elvis Costello may be highlighting this year’s Montreal Jazz Festival, but fans will be cheering for the record label behind many of these artists - they just won’t know it.Justin Time Records, responsible for launching the careers of Diana Krall, Oliver Jones and Susie Arioli to name a few, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.According to the label’s founder, Montrealer Jim West, he can’t think of a better way to celebrate the landmark occasion than with a deep line-up of renowned musicians at an international music festival that his company indirectly helped create.“Montreal is a jazz mecca, and the success of the Festival is credit to that,” said the onetime janitor at Sam the Record Man, who went on to found Fusion III Distribution, and later, Justin Time.“It’s success doesn’t so much rely on us as we do on it.It helps promote local artists, and Montreal is the best place to do that.” In fact, after working in the music industry for more than three decades, it is the special feeling that comes with launching a local artist’s career that keeps West motivated.“(Promoting local artists) is of ultimate importance.To me, it’s so much fun to help promote albums from home.My ultimate goal is to promote local talent, and distribute their music outside Canada—to take them from their home and into the big bad world of music.” West created Justin Time in 1983 following a memorable Oliver Jones performance at Biddles in Montreal.Having already worked for seven years at Sam, and later as head of the now defunct record import company, Almada Corporation, West had the contacts and the experience to record, produce and distribute Jones’ Live at Biddles Jazz & Ribs.The results were overwhelming, according to West; the disk sold 5,000 copies in the first five minutes.Justin Time went on to release 20 more albums by Jones before he retired for good in 1999.“Oliver’s first album will always be the most special to me, just because it was the first,” admitted West.In the 20 years since that monumental evening at Biddles, Justin Time has released some 350 albums around the world, including Diana Krall’s debut.West has also produced more than 100 of those, and continues to spend time in the studio; he will be producing the next Renee Lee.Long known as the benchmark for producing some of the world’s best jazz musicians, Justin Time has expanded, signing classical, country, hip hop, house and elec-tronica artists.In recent years, West has put emphasis on promoting French artists, like La Chicone and Richard Desjardins.All the while, he has kept the process of deciding who’s in and who’s not, simple.“We have meetings on every single record,” said West, whose Montreal-based company employs more than 50 people.“We’ll get everyone together because I want to get support from them before I sign someone to the label.I don’t want to push it otherwise.” As he now reflects on the 20 years since it all started, West says that despite running a company in an evolving music industry that faces daily challenges, he’s enjoyed every minute of it.“It has been fun.1 never thought that I would have started a record company,” said the 47-year-old McGill political science graduate.“I don’t have any regrets though.It has been a great 20 years, and I hope to do it for another 20.” Classical Music Concert at the profit of CLSC-CHSLD La Sapinière Foundation Myriam Genest Denis Flute Robin Doyon Trumpet Lenore Alford Piano I____________I Saturday, June 21, 2003, 7 p.m.at Trinity Church in Cookshire-Eaton General Admission: $20.00 Students: $10.00 Tickets on sale Gilles Denis: 875-5697 ¦ THE; page 4 June 20-June 26, 2003 RECORD New mural adds to city’s beautification By Scott McLean Sherbrooke The overhaul of Sherbrooke’s downtown is continuing as a new mural, the second in a series, at the corner of Frontenac and Wellington N.nears completion as organizers put on the finishing touches for its official unveiling today.The mural depicts a fantastical coming together of the two rivers that formed Sherbrooke, what first enticed settlers to the area.It holds some secrets as well, and requires onlookers to pay attention to a number of details among scenic rock and water depictions.The project comes one year after the first mural’s completion, situated at the corner of Frontenac and Dufferin, and depicting Sherbrooke at the turn of the century.The two murals cost an estimated $160,000 to produce, paid for mostly by the City of Sherbrooke.Serge Malenfant, president of MURIRS, the organization commissioned to create the murals, is pleased with his teams work.“It has been a long process,” says Malenfant.“We had to teach the artists the technique of creating a mural.The majority of the artists work alone and on projects that are not of this scale, so we needed to teach them how to work in teams.“This mural is a rendering of what could have been, Sherbrooke at a geophysical level.These two rivers gave birth to the city, allowed for a power plant to be built; you get a mystical sense through the painting of what used to be.” The new mural is one of a number of projects Sherbrooke has undertaken to change the downtown’s image.Malen-fant says that at the artistic level, the feeling is of an increasing focus on culture.“There is a big sensation of developing the cultural part of the (downtown) district.There is a lot of energy in these creations, you can almost touch it.There has always been this competition between downtown and the malls, but the downtown area can have its own unique identity.It’s the heart of the city.” Eve Leblond and Genevieve Reesor are two members of the team who helped create the mural.Both felt that they have been part of something special.“I am very lucky to be a part of this group,” says Reesor.“It really makes you feel special when people come by and compliment your work.People drive by and yell from their cars ‘good work, keep it up’.Young, old, businessmen, punks, everyone is enjoying our work, and it makes you feel good.” Leblond, who does double duty with her own art projects for the Gallerie Horace, agrees.“There is a real sense of helping the environment .that I am really contributing to making Sherbrooke a beautiful place.” ¦< Ji Art PERRY BEATON/SPECIAL A second mural by MURIRS in downtown Sherbrooke depicts a fantastical coming together of the two rivers that formed Sherbrooke.¦m BB Artist enjoys working with different energy Pregnancy: Cont’d from Page 1 Shooting in colour and developing the film using a sepia treatment, an old process that produces an antique, beige and brown-toned colour base, Pelchat’s portraits are both moving and intensely intimate.The earth tones are warm, said Pelchat, who likes her photos bathed in skin-tone shades.They are indeed flattering pictures of women’s protruding bellies, and swollen breasts, but there is a raw quality to the shots, an implicit understanding of the magnitude of what is taking place within the different bodies and lives of the models.“These photographs give women a lot too — to feel nice looking again, to see it from the eye of someone else,” explained Pelchat, who said that she often meets older women who had their own babies long ago, and who express dismay over never having had the chance to celebrate their pregnant bodies.“Women used to take (pregnancy portraits) in secret with their husband or sister in the bedroom, but it was not like this — it wasn’t art.” Pelchat, who schedules anywhere from two to six photo shoots per week, said that working with each individual is a one of a kind experience.“It is nice to work with different energy,” she noted.“There is always something special that goes on, something intimate.” Her 90 to 120-minute sittings typically start from $150.The fee includes the session, photos, three clothing changes and a make-up application.Pregnant women are usually photographed around their 34th week (approximately seven and a half months) when they are clearly showing, but before the belly becomes too cumbersome to pose easily- Pelchat said she is open to new things.She recently shot three sisters for a mother’s day gift, and a nude of a dancer friend who was not pregnant.She is not, however, ready to give up her woman-with-child niche.“The whole area is amazing,” she gushed.“People around pregnancy are very, very nice.The women are wise.” Pelchat has a comprehensive exhibit planned for Sept.15 at Café Antiquarius, below her Wellington Street studio, where some of her portraits are already on display.For more information on Marie-Claude Pelchat’s photographs, call 819-563-8304.l\\ \\ W il \ n\\1\ 1 * V \ \\ PERRY BEATON/SPECIAL Pelchat’s photos include flattering pictures of women’s protuding bellies. THE, RECORD June 20-June 26, 2003 page 5 TALK ———— Five questions with Nicholas K.Pvnes By Nancy Nourse Record Correspondent Nicholas K.Pynes is well-known in the Townships as the Artistic Director of Arts Knowlton Theatre.For the last 13 years, Pynes has been involved in the production of plays, involving the resident theatre company Theatre Lac Brome.His musical career began as a pianist and base player, later becoming a member of the renowned François Turcotte Orchestra and an important part of the theatrical scene in Knowlton.The Record recently contacted Mr.Pynes to discuss his present and future involvements in the world of theatrical arts.THE RECORD: “Are you directly involved in the selection of the works that will be performed on stage, or are you more involved in the production aspect once the play has been chosen?” PYNES: “I pretty much have carte-blanche in choosing the plays.I look for something that most everyone can relate to, something with artistic value.I believe it is important to promote works done by Canadian authors which are devoted to subjects relevant to life in Canada.When we do run plays by renowned authors/composers such as the upcoming Cole Porter’s ‘You never know’, which 1 am directing, I try to lend my own interpretation to the original script.It is this variety that keeps people coming back — always something new.” THE RECORD: “You started out as a musician before becoming involved in theatre.What made you decide to work behind the scenes instead of on stage as an actor?” PYNES: “1 did write some music for theatre, but 1 found that I preferred a more conceptual concept.As a musician, I could lend my own interpretation to the compositions.1 liked the idea of being able to do the same thing with a play.If you are an actor, your part is always the same.When you are directing, you have the liberty to make changes that will not actually alter the outcome of the play, but hopefully make it more interesting for the audience to watch.“ THE RECORD: “Do you still write/compose or are you strictly directing these days?” PYNES: “The original idea for the story behind the third play this season, ‘Scatter the Ashes,’ was mine.I started out collaborating with two friends but had to bow out as my schedule became more hectic.The storyline, centered around an Irish immigrant living in 20th century Canada, is a combination of musical stories and letters, a delightful mix of Canadian experiences and traditional Canadian music (Irish, Scottish, French, Metis).I have a small acting part in this one, too.” THE RECORD: “What makes the productions at the Arts Knowlton Theatre different from other summer theatres?” PYNES: “All the performances at our theatre are performed in English.There are few English language theatres in our province.I feel that plays were written to be heard in their original context.Greats like Shakespeare were very definitely English and should be performed in English to do their work justice.Even without intending to, something would surely be lost in the translation.“We also try to support Canadian authors whose plays actually relate to life in Canada — the international and multi-cultural aspect of both Quebec and Canada.We mount three shows of professional quality in two months, whereas other theatrical companies may take nine or 12 months to produce three shows.” THE RECORD: “What do you think makes you different from other artistic directors?’ PYNES: “I was born in New York.I immigrated to Canada because 1 chose to do so.I was impressed by the beauty and multi-cultural aspects of this country.I think this fact gives me the ability to see and appreciate things that people who were born here might take for granted.” COURTESY NICHOLAS K.PYNES Under the direction of Nicholas K.Pynes, the Arts Knowlton Theatre presents three shows of professional quality during the summer.Bad Medicine cures the blues By Murielle Parkes Record Correspondent Mansonville For theatre goers who like their murder mysteries cloaked in comedy, Bad Medicine is just what the doctor ordered.The theatre production — sponsored by the Citizen Advocacy (CA) youth department — takes place June 28 (7 p.m.) in the basement of the Mansonville Catholic Church.The madcap comedy — replete with zany lines, eccentric characters and a complicated and unpredictable plot — was written by local youth with assistance from CA youth director Mable Hastings.Bad Medicine takes place at the Citizens General Hospital.It’s a setting that involves all walks of hospital life, including a dead, albeit still sociable, body who is given little opportunity to lie still.The body doesn’t talk but “definitely still moves.” The body in question is Olivia (Jason Ball), admit- ted to the hospital for a stress-related condition, and the wife of head doctor Dr.Joe Martin (Michel St.Onge).One dark and stormy night, however, she is murdered in her hospital room.“As detectives swarm and suspicion mounts, Lou the orderly (Jason Forget) is urged by the chief of staff (Ashley Bedard) to ‘get rid of the body.’” This proves to be a much more difficult task than planned, explains Hastings.“Soon everyone gets involved — nurses, patients, cafeteria staff, you name it.Chaos rules the corridors.” The plot thickens, suspense mounts and the truth unfolds as Lou comes up with a wacky plan guaranteed to keep the audience in hysterical high alert.Tickets are $5 at the door, $4 if purchased in advance and $2 for children age 12 and under.Profits go to support CA youth programs and the new youth centre building project.For information and tickets: 450-292-3114 or 292-0307.Vieux Clocher de Sherbrooke (1590, Gait west, sherbrooke) Thursday July 3rd 8*0 pm Reservations: (819) 822-2102 Sherbrooke www.vieuxclocher.com Qucbet nn 1*1 energ:e‘06 ! LaTribune TOS PAGE 6 June 20-June 26, 2003 RECORD Fiction Bestsellers Non-fiction Bestsellers 1.Life of Pi, Yann Martel 2.Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood 3.Shopaholic Ties the Knot, Sophie Kinsella 4.The Sorcerer's Companion, Allan Zola Kronzek 5.Confessions of a Shopaholic, Sophie Kinsella 6.Dark Star Safari, Paul Theroux 7.Atonement, Ian McEwan 8.The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold 9.The Nanny Diaries, McLaughlin/Kraus 10.Family Matters, Rohinton Mistry * Courtesy Amazon.ca 1.The Literacy Principal, David Booth, et al 2.Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser 3.The Twelve Enlightenments for Healing Society, Ilchi Lee 4.The Sorcerer’s Companion, Kronzek 5.Stupid White Men, Michael Moore 6.Think Big, Preston Manning 7.Scaffolding Language Scaffolding Learning, Gibbons/Cummins 8.The Power of Full Engagement, Loehr/Schwartz 9.Power Reading, Rick Ostrov 10.Gulag: A History, Anne Applebaum The Crisis of Islam By Marc Nadeau Record Correspondent Franklin D.Roosevelt once said that “whoever seeks to set one religion against another seeks to destroy all religion.” While not exactly religious, the present confrontation between Islam and the Western World applies.While the terrorists actions are presented as part of a Jihad, the actions of the United States are condemned as emanating from a desire to mount a Crusade.But such notions, widely used in the debate, deserve an explanation.The conflict between Islam and the Western World also involves tensions within Islam.Enter Bernard Lewis, who takes upon the challenge in The Crisis of Islam.This famous Orientalist, who turned 87 recently, is still hard at work writing and talking about Islam.In the aftermath of Sept.11, 2001, he was invited to the White House, to discuss his ideas on the matter.Of course, Lewis recognizes those occasions, in history, where Christians and Muslims, Occidentals and Arabs were in conflict.Stressing the major differences between Islam and our growing secular society, he goes beyond a simple chronological explanation.Lewis explains that, from its origins, religion has had an unavoidable role for the Muslim world, while it has been different in the Judeo-Christian world.And “in no Christian country at the present time can religious leaders count on the degree of belief and participation that remains normal in the Muslim lands.” It’s an indication that, in the 21st century, religion still matters very much.Three important, and unavoidable, features of Lewis’s books are the anti-Americanism nourished within the Muslim world, the use of terror to achieve goals and a crisis of modernity.In the first instance, the author notes that resentment towards the U.S.is a recent feature that can be traced to the end of WWII.Before that, the U.S.didn’t matter much in the Muslim world.As such, the hatred of the U.S.grew as it ascended to the role of ‘a’, or ‘the’, superpower.Secondly, Lewis explains the departure from holy war to holy terror.Sal-adin was recognized for the generous War and Unholy Terror treatment he accorded to his defeated enemies.In the holy wars of the past, women, children and elderly people were not killed.It can hardly be recognized in the trends of modern terrorism.Finally, it should be noted that there is a profound clash between Islam and modernity, according to Lewis.“American paramouncy, as Middle Easterners see it, indicates where to direct the blame and the resulting hostility.” What will arise from this confrontation?Few can tell, but Lewis notes that if history can serve as a guide, we can realize that empires have come and gone.On the other hand, he says forces emanating from religious beliefs have remained.Christianity, Judaism and Islam are three of the world’s most important religions.Despite the fact we live in a highly secular society, it is important to understand not only these three worlds but also what nourishes and motivates religious feelings.Especially when these tenets are coupled with political actions.The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror, by Bernard Lewis.New York, Modern Library, 2003,184 pages.ISBN :0-679-64281-1 ($29.95).Books Crosbie’s latest book defies categorization By Mark Cochrane CanWest News Service Lynn Crosbie has long cultivated an obsession with murderers, sexual predators and other monsters among us.Jack the Ripper, Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer feature in her early poetry, and her experimental novel Paul’s Case generated controversy for being inspired by the Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo trials.Crosbie’s exploration of criminal and celebrity personae is complicated by her refusal to abide by realist conventions and genre distinctions.Her novels tend to sacrifice coherent characterization in favour of poetic language, literary and pop-culture allusions, and analytical responses.Paul’s Case offers a collage of letters, monologues, found documents and citations, while the heroine of Dorothy L’Amour narrates her story in an erudite, elevated register that many readers find unconvincing.Crosbie’s new book, Missing Children, similarly defies categorization.The cover announces that it’s a collection of poems, yet it more closely resembles a chopped-up novella with generous white spaces between the sentences.The sentences themselves are chilling, sophisticated, At-wood-esque shards of observation, but they work primarily in the service of story.The acknowledgments page reveals that Missing Children is loosely based on an e-mailed news item and several Bruce Springsteen songs.The news item is about a man who “was arrested for contacting the families of missing children”.He would call the family of the victim and pretend to have vital information on the case or to know the child’s whereabouts and say he would call and tell more.And then never call again.” Springsteen’s Born to Run is the other important touchstone here.The primary love interest of Crosbie’s unnamed male protagonist is a waitress called Wendy (as in “Together, Wendy we can live through the sadness”).Springsteen’s anthem functions as a soundtrack to Crosbie’s tale.At one point, the narrator tries to get Wendy to sing “tramps like us" along with him.While the narrator collects lost toys and mittens, posters and news clippings about missing children, Wendy, who abandons her husband and four children to carry on this tawdry affair, cuts out articles about the elderly.Like Crosbie, who builds her books around quotations from sources both highbrow and low, these Missing Children crosbie LYNN characters are scrapbook artists.We learn about the creepy protagonist though an array of pathologizing snippets, yet his character never crystallizes.He envies Wendy’s obese husband for his ability to impregnate her.He is a wily and twisted drifter, a con man in the vein.In addition to his cruel letters to parents, he writes love poems that are rejected by magazines like True Confessions.He works as music teacher, busboy, telemarketer and echocardiographer.He coaches an all-girl football team.This is a book that lives and dies by the quality of its sentences, and on that level Crosbie remains an original and world-class talent.Crosbie is an ace pornograph-er of description.Her figurative virtuosity (‘Toothpaste dried in the basin like bakery roses”) and her economy of phrasing (“The teeth of the comb snag, shooting sparks”) cannot fail to impress.To read Missing Children is to watch a road movie through a selection of still frames.In its vignettes, Crosbie catalogues the flea-market and trailer-park detritus of modern life with freshness, attentiveness and precision.Its moral vision is enigmatic and its structure is circuitous, but in the best sense: At the end, one feels compelled to begin the book again.Missing Children, by Lynn Crosbie.McClelland & Stewart, 128 pages.March, 2003.ISBN: 0771024258 ($16.99) THE, RECORD June 20-June 26, 2003 page 7 ^ Best Selling Albums 1.St.Anger, Metallica (new) 2.We Were Born In A Flame, Sam Roberts (new) 3.Fallen, Evanescence (4) 4.Dutty Rock, Sean Paul (3) 5.Get Rich or Die Tryin’, 50 Cent (5) 6.Don Juan, Various (2) 7.Come Away With Me, Norah Jones (6) 8.Harem, Sarah Brightman (7) 9.0304, Jewel (new) 10.Up!, Shania Twain (13) 11.2 Fast 2 Furious, Various (14) 12.How The West Was Won, Led Zeppelin (1) v * Nielsen SoundScan Best Selling Singles 1.There There, Radiohead (1) 2.In Da Club, 50 Cent (2) 3.Picture, Kid Rock feat.Allison (3) 4.Fighter, Cristina Aguilera (4) 5.1 Know What You Want, B.Rhymes (7) 6.IfYou’re Not the One, D.Bedingfield (9) 7.American Life, Madonna (6) 8.Sings for the Moment, Eminem (5) 9.What The World Needs, Various (8) 10.1 Drove All Night, Celine Dion (10) 11.Beware of the Boys, Panjabi MC (11) 12.Angel, Amanda Perez (14) 13.Somewhere I Belong, Linkin Park (13) 14.Miss You, Aaliyah (19) * Nielsen SoundScan Sarah Brightman Harem (Angel/EMI) This album just emanates confidence.International singer Sarah Brightman has a commanding voice that is quickly flooring audiences on both sides of the Atlantic.That this 15-song disk is recorded with the Prague Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra and The Bach Choir doesn’t hurt either.Harem is additionally unique in that it was recorded at studios in Germany, Lebanon, Egypt, Czech Republic, UK, France and Canada.In turn, Bright-man’s music reflects these countries influences, as it employs a good deal of Eastern influences.And again, that Brightman re-records two songs in French doesn’t hurt either, especially in Quebec.But as bourgeoisie as it may first appear to North American audiences, the album’s true selling point here is its classical/electronica mix on singles like the title track and ‘It’s a Beautiful Day’ to name a few.Brightman also does a divine remake of Louis Armstrong’s ‘What a Wonderful World’.The album’s most touching single, however, is ‘What You Never Know’, a deeply moving, vocal-driven soliloquy on “what you’ll never know unless you try.” -J.Z.Third Eye Bund Out of The Vein (Elektra/Warner) Third Eye Blind is not ignorant to changing trends.The San Francisco quartet has ridden the waves of music fads for the last 10 years.Most recently, that wave has brought them to record a new self-titled album that is less alternative and more alternative rock.The singles ‘Crystal Bailer’, ‘Misfits’ and ‘Blinded’ are just three examples that rely on drummer Brad Hargreaves’ fast pedal and the other three members’ quick picks.The lead-off single, ‘Faster’, is the album’s strongest song, also a quick, vocal-driven rock number that sounds like it came off a Buggies offering.The album is entirely written by band members, the group is also not afraid to experiment.Two of the disk’s songs are well over six minutes each ( ‘Self Righteous’ at 6:18, ‘Good Man’ at 9:22), not quite what you would call radio-friendly.Overall, Third Eye Blind’s latest album is less punk and more pop, less indie and more mainstream, less immature and more refined.-J.z.Pearl Jam Perth, Australia: February 23rd 2003 & Tokyo, Japan: March 3rd 2003 (Sony) In 2000, Pearl Jam created a veritable treasure trove of 72 properly produced bootlegs, a bit of an oxymoron, for their fans to delight in.Things are underway again with two of 15 discs in the series of concerts performed in Australia and Asia.Both performances are double albums with slightly over two hours of solid, old, relatively recent and new material.The Tokyo show stands out with snippets of Eddie Vedder speaking in Japanese, and a slightly different rendition of the Clash cover ‘Know Your Rights’.In Australia, Vedder speaks up about the destruction man is wreaking on the natural coral reefs, suggesting political involvement.Then the band breaks into ‘Do The Evolution’.Any fan of the band will find either or both recordings to be a worthwhile investment.-T.D.Dead or Alive Evolution: The Hits (Epic/Sony) Only so much of‘80s music should be listened to at once, and if you are silly enough to be like me and listen to this album time and time again, I assure you that a headache will be yours.Some things are better left in the past or THIRWEYEBUNO PEARL JAM taken in really rather small doses.There are some hits that will jump to the forefront immediately, you will remember them and know them well.There are other less remarkable covers, with some strange remixes to be found as well.The oddest piece by far has to be the juxtaposition of the vocals from ‘You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)’ and beats that sound like something from Kylie Minogue.Unless you have a desire to submerge yourself in music from the 1980s, this record won’t leave your CD rack very often.-T.D.54-40 Goodbye Flatland (Smilin, Buddha/Divine Industries) Goodbye Flatland, hello rock band.Near two decades since the genesis, you know them from ‘I Go Blind’, later covered by Hootie & the Blowfish.Or perhaps ‘Lies To Me’ rings true.Ten times over these fellows have followed each other into the studio and collaborated on all levels.Good, standard, sometimes quite slow riffs fill your ears.The most striking moment of the album, even after ages of listening, is the use of an instrumental version of the popular hymn ‘Abide With Me’ to start their song ‘Take Me Out’.Sampling also occurs on ‘Animal In Pain’.Those differences aside, it is a solid recording, not deviating greatly from their previous paths, but decidedly with not quite as much edge, bite or attitude.-T.D.Radiohead Hail to the Thief (Capitol) Not quite as far out in left field as recent efforts, Thom Yorke & Co.are very much in the media spotlight, promoting their sixth recording, proclaiming it the sequel to OK Computer.The strange and beautiful electronic cacophony abounds in conjunction with a return to their roots, even echoing elements from older songs.The jarring nature from one track to the other can be startling.There are soft, sensitive moments replete with evocative power.But then it jumps back into the melee with a mess of synthetic tex- »*:*!> ox ’i is (3:30) NASCAR Racing 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