Inside the Daily Planet, 11/1/07

Día de los Muertos in Minneapolis Celebrations run Thursday-Saturday. VIEWS AND REVIEWS Junkyard Empire by Dwight Hobbes, Special to the TC Daily Planet Their fiercely innovative music combines hip-hop and avant garde jazz influences. A swath of color and chaos: The Clean House by Jaime Kleiman, MN Artists Sarah Ruhl has written a wonderful play, and Mixed Blood Theater does it justice, says Jaime Kleiman. It’s on through November 18. Music picks: Stars by Christopher Koehler, Downtown Journal Stars makes their mark with seemingly odd ‘chamber-pop’ combination NEW IN BLOGS Free Wheeling Florida? by Louis Mendoza, A Journey Across Our America NEW IN VOICES This Is What Democracy Looks Like? By Steve Clemens, Special to the TC Daily Planet The chants rang out: ‘Who is a terrorist?’ with the reply echoing, ‘Bush is a terrorist!’ ‘This is what democracy looks like’ – with the reply ‘Bush is what hypocrisy looks like!’ Bless their hearts; people are angry and fed up with war and occupation. The need to vent their anger at the geo-political realities certainly seems necessary as the war for oil and domination continues in its fifth year – with signs that it might not abate until our military is completely broken or our political ‘leaders’ grow some spine and stand up to the Administration.