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| Entertainment October 2002, Volume 6, No. 2 |
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Hot food in cool atmosphere
By Paul P.
Layout editor
Linette's Jamaicans Kitchen, 7366 North Clark Street in Chicago, is a small restaurant that serves excellent Jamaican food.
The menu has everything from the usual, jerk pork and chicken, to the unusual, things like oxtail and goat meat.
Other dishes on the menu include tangy pepper shrimp and meat patties.
Linette's serves exotic drinks such as coconut water and ginger beer, as well as conventional drinks like Snapple.
All of your food is prepared and served quickly. The floor and tables are pretty clean.
The food is fair-priced at about six dollars per entrée.
Some kids may enjoy the experience of dining at Linette's, others may not. The muscular concert promoters and dreadlocked old men who walk in and out and try to make conversation with you may intimidate fearful people who don't usually leave the suburbs.
I think that the atmosphere makes the restaurant. It's pretty cool to eat hot food in a restaurant located between two Hispanic grocery stores while Jamaican immigrants walk in and out handing you concert fliers.
Overall, Linette's Jamaican Kitchen is an excellent restaurant.
Food: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Cleanliness: 4
Value for Money: 4
Kid Friendliness: Depends on the Kid
Overall Experience: 5
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Chabba's Noodles "weird" but good
By Sarah B.
I decided to go to a Thai restaurant, Chabaa's Noodles, located at 1047 Rohlwing Road in Elk Grove Village. I took two of my friends with me, Laura and Briana.
We walked in and were greeted by a smiling hostess. Chabaa's is a small restaurant with very bright yellow walls and many pictures.
Of the many appetizers offered, we ordered the baby egg rolls for $3.50. We were very disappointed when it turned out there were only six baby eggs rolls the size of my little finger and a small dish of sweet & sour sauce.
Our disappointment did not last very long, however. The baby egg rolls were very, very good! They were stuffed with chicken, shrimp, black mushrooms, and bean thread noodle, whatever that is!
There were so many choices that it took us at least ten minutes to decide what to order. Briana chose the sauteed chicken, baby corn, onions, peapods and straw mushrooms in a mild gravy on a bed of rice.
Laura got the crispy wide rice noodles topped with stir-fried assorted vegetables and chicken.
I ordered the pad woonsen, stir-fried glass noodles with shrimp, chicken, and broccoli.
It took about five or ten minutes for our food to come.
Briana said that the sauteed chicked smelled "weird" but tasted good.
Laura enjoyed the stir fried chicken. My pad woonsen was delicious. The entree portions were very large for $5.95, so we took some home.
Food: 4
Atmosphere: 4
Service:3
Cleanliness: 5
Value for Money: 3
Kid Friendliness: 2
Overall Experience: 4
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Good Charlotte plays pop-punk
Band plays punk or pop, depending on who you ask
By Monica M.
Good what? Who? That's what I get when I ask or tell people about Good Charlotte.
Good Charlotte started off with five friends from Waldorf, Maryland. The original Good Charlotte consisted of twin brothers, Joel (lead singer), and Benji (backup singer/ guitarist), Billy (guitarist), Paul (bass), and last, but not least, Aaron (drums).
A year or so ago, Aaron quit the band to join his own brother's band. The rest of the band found a replacement (Dusty), but he didn't last long.
They are still searching, but until they find the one, they have drummers from other bands fill in.
Good Charlotte released their debut self-titled album in 2000. It is filled with catchy, funny, and self reflecting lyrics.
On the album, Joel and Benji sing about their bad luck, girl troubles, how their dad left them, and much more.
Their genre of music is pop-punk according to critics, but most people say it's only pop.
I think it's pop with a twist of rock and rap, but, hey, what do I know?
Unlike many other artists, Good Charlotte keeps you interested in their music.
Their album is not the kind where all or many of the songs are about the same thing or with the same kind of rhythm.
To sum it up, Good Charlotte's album certainly is worth your time and money.
I would rate this album, from a scale from one to five, as a five, and I stick firmly to my rating! I would definitely recommend this incredible album to you.
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Avril Lavigne shows what singing is all about
By Cassandra D.
The new album Let Go by Avril Lavigne is really good. She sings pop music. Most of the songs are good to dance to.
There are only a few slow songs. The lyrics to her songs are all about "being yourself." That is pretty cool because it seems that most popstars don't really care about that kind of thing.
Let Go includes her two hit songs "Complicated" and Sk8ter Boi."
Lavigne's style of music is different than most popstars. It is still really good.
On a scale of 1-5, I would rate Let Go a 4.5. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who likes to dance!
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New Hip Hop arrives
By Chris R.
Underground hip hop is not the hip hop that you hear on the radio such as Ja Rule, Nelly, Jay-Z, etc. Underground Hip hop means that not everyone knows these rappers.
Some underground rappers don't want to be famous.
Underground rappers don't rap about jewelry or money, they rap about street life, or about a regular day, and they still make it interesting.
Two of underground hip hop's finest are probably Atmosphere and Sage Francis. If you like popular hip hop artists such as N.O.R.E , Nas, and Wu-Tang-Clan then you will like this type of hip hop.
Atmosphere's new album, God Loves Ugly, talks mostly about their childhood and school. It has outstanding beats and good lyrics.
Sage Francis's new album is Personal Journals. This album mostly talks about when he was in "depression" and how tough it was to get out of it.
Francis's style of rapping is not very different from Atmosphere's. These styles are not slow, but not fast at all.
This music is worth listening to if you are tired of listening to rappers rap about the same old shallow subjects.
If you listen to underground hip hop you can probably learn from it.
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Gilmore Girls
The comical drama with unpredictable events heads into its third season
By Emily W.
What would life be like if you were smart, sixteen, and your mom was young enough and cool enough to be your best friend? You might be like Rory Gilmore.
Gilmore Girls is a WB television series, seen on WGN-TV, Channel 9. On Tuesday, Sept. 24th at 7:00 PM, it started its third season.
If you watch Gilmore Girls, you will meet Rory and her mother, Lorelai (LORE-a-lie). Lorelai grew up with two very rich parents, Richard and Emily Gilmore.
When she turned sixteen, she dropped out of high school because she was pregnant with Rory.
She ran away from Hartford, Connecticut to Stars Hollow, a town so small that everyone knows each other.
Lorelai got a job as a maid at a local inn. She works with her best friend, Sookie, the clumsy chef, and with Michel, her stuck-up French assistant.
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Rory and Lorelai have a lot in common: clothes, movies, music, junk food, and perhaps most importantly, coffee. |
At Chilton, some of the other students seem to dedicate their extra time to making Rory's life difficult especially Paris Geller. But Rory always knows how to stand up for herself.
When Rory first got into Chilton, Lorelai went back to her parents and asked if they would help with the tuition. Grandma Gilmore accepted on one condition: Lorelai and Rory had to come to their Hartford home for dinner every Friday.
The scenes between Lorelai and her very proper parents are some of the funniest in each episode.
Rory and Lorelai have a lot in common: clothes, movies, music, junk food, and perhaps most importantly, coffee.
Every morning, they go to Luke's Diner right in the center of Stars Hollow, to get coffee.
Luke is a great character; he's crabby, but he also can be very sweet to Rory and Lorelai. I don't know what Lorelai or Rory would do if Luke wasn't there to give them their coffee.
Last season, Luke caused quite a stir in Stars Hollow when he brought his nephew, Jess, the bad boy of the family, to live with him.
If you want to get into Gilmore Girls but need to catch up on the first two seasons, you have two options.
HarperCollins is now publishing a series of Gilmore Girls paperbacks. One of the best parts of this show is its fast and funny dialogue, and the books are very faithful to the show's scripts.
Secondly, you can tune into the WB on Sundays at 6:00 pm for Gilmore Girls: Beginnings, which is a re-showing of the first season.
Gilmore Girls is great because it shows a wonderful mother-daughter relationship. It is one of those shows that manages to be both a drama and a comedy. The characters feel very real, and Stars Hollow is a great place to visit. Gilmore Girls gets two thumbs up!
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And the nominees are...
By Veronica M.
On August 29, 2002, the MTV video music awards were on every young music fan's mind.
There were many performances and special appearances by singers and groups including Avril Lavine, Justin Timberlake and Shakira.
Many different prizes were awarded that night, such as best female and male videos, and best hip hop or R&B videos.
Fans voted on the viewers choice award, which pop star Michelle Branch won. Pop sensation Avril Lavigne took best new artist.
Rap star Eminem won the most categories overall.
Peacock sixth grader Cristal H. commented that she really enjoyed the live performances: "They were much better than last year."
A big fan of Eminem, Cristal was happy that he won the most awards.
Cristal added that Michelle Branch was her favorite female singer, so she was thrilled that Branch won the viewers choice poll.
Cristal's classmate, Dulce R., commented that this years VMAs were better than last year's. She particularly enjoyed pop star Shakira's performance.
As far as the awards were concerned, Dulce was disappointed that Britney Spear's didn't win anything.
Dulce also mentioned that she hated Cristina Aguilera's outfit and that she thought that Eminem was really cute!
As far as these two music fans were concerned, the 2002 MTV video music award show was a great night of entertainment.
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Inklink
Hit game on popular website
By Eric A.
Assistant Finishing editor
Knowing that Shockwave.com is one of the best-known gaming websites, I was looking for its best-known game.
I asked people in Shockwave's chatroom what game they would recommend. Four out of ten people recommended Inklink.
To play the game, Inklink, http://www.shockwave.com/sw/contents/inklink15, you need to download the flash-plug-in card, which is easy. Learning to play is also pretty simple.
Inklink is like playing pictionary, except that there are more options. You try to guess what one of the players is drawing. After a few seconds, a letter pops up to give you a clue.
You compete with anywhere from three to nine people and against the clock. The person with the most points wins.
You can talk to the other players if you click on the whisper option.
If you become a member of Shockwave.com, you can try to kick someone out of the game by booting that person if he is causing a problem. If you get four boots, you are out of the game.
There are many different Inklink rooms from which to choose.
Inklink is really a good game to tell friends about. It's is a good way to pass time and meet new buddies on the net.
Overall ratings 5 (highest) to 1 (lowest)
Graphics- 3
Downloading speed- 2
Sound- 3
Challenging- 4
Fits most system requirements- 5
Overall rating- 4
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Run and hide
Here comes the teacher's funny side
By Samantha M. and Nicole M., Assistant Advertisement editor
Have you ever thought that your teachers were so boring that they didn't even have a sense of humor? Well, this will prove you wrong, or maybe even prove you right. Here are a few jokes from the teachers of Peacock Middle School.
Mr. Peel: Which state is like a baby rodent?
Which state?
New Hamster
Mr. Travis: Knock, Knock
Who's there?
Interrupting cow!
Interrupting co MOOOO
Mr. Poremba: Why did the monkey cross the road?
Why?
Because he was stapled to the chicken.
Mr. Larsen: If it's really warm out, and you happen to see a heat wave, should you wave back?
Dr. Nickisch: There was a fourth grade student by the name of Johnny. Everyday he would go up to his teacher's desk and hand her some raisins. This went on for weeks and weeks and weeks. Then finally one day he stopped going up to her desk. She called him up to her desk and asked, "Where are my raisins?" and Johnny said, "MY RABBIT DIED!"
Mr. Loest: How do you keep your trumpet from getting stolen?
How?
You put it in a trombone case.
Mrs. Laughlin: What do you get when you cross a Rotweiler and a Collie?
What?
A dog that bites off your arm and then runs for help.
Mrs. Mann: Knock, Knock
Who's there?
Ya
Ya who?
Yahoo it's the weekend!
Mr. Behrendt: How do you keep a student in suspense?
How?
Mr. Anderson: What do you call a blind deer?
What?
I have no I deer!
Mr. Koenig: Why does a zebra have stripes?
Why?
Because a bucket of paint fell on him
Mrs. Krefetz: Why did the monkey fall out of the tree?
Why?
Because he was dead!
Miss Okon: How do you make a tissue dance?
How?
Put a little boogie into it!
Mrs. Engel: Why did the cow cross the road?
Why?
To go to the mooovies!
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Beware the Signs!
Well, maybe. Horoscopes for fun
By Alexandra B.
Art editor
Here are the mysterious horoscope fortunes for October. Beware the Signs!
Aries, the Ram
March 21-April 20
You'd better get that assignment done on time, Aries! Lately, you've been too lazy to notice some things around you, including your friends and your attitude. Also, you'd better watch out. Santa's not too pleased about your behavior to a sibling - or at least your cousins.
Taurus, the Bull
April 21-May 21
Something bad is in your future, Taurus. Whether this is a fight with a friend, or maybe something else, you still have time to change it! It might've been caused by a black cat crossing your path on Friday the thirteenth, but who knows?
Gemini, the Twins
May 22-June 21
Steady there, Gemini! You're getting clumsy, and your family's been noticing it too. Make sure it doesn't get out of hand, or you'll find yourself tripping over people and causing a ruckus.
Cancer the Crab
June 22-July 23
Lucky you, Cancer! You're getting POPULAR! Or at least more people are noticing you. That's still a good thing, but make sure you don't make it a bad one by spreading a rumor about anyone, or your luck might come back to bite you, like when Scorpio found out too late about his mistake! Don't end up like him!
Leo the Lion
July 24-August 23
"What? Why is everyone ignoring me?!?" Hmm, tough luck Leo. Someone doesn't like you very much and has started telling lies about you. Fortunately, you've decided to ignore this fact and have continued on with your life. Good for you! Soon he/she'll give up, don't worry, and you'll be back to normal.
Virgo, the Virgin
August 24-September 23
Yay! MY sign! Virgos will have a **REALLY REALLY** great day, a boy or girl will ask you out and the birds will sing - ok, you caught me, I was making that one up. All's the norm for Virgos, but we'd better make sure to notice someone we may have been leaving behind lately. Watch out for the forgotten one's vengeance!
Libra, the Scales
September 24-October 23
Quite the math whiz, Libra! You're doing better than you think. Skip the study time and go to that sleepover your friend's been nagging you about on the weekend. You deserve it. Just don't get cocky, or you'll lose your advantage over the class! And you love that no-homework-Friday, don't you? Yes, I thought so.
Scorpio, the Scorpion
October 24-November 22
Oh no...Watch out, Scorpio!!! Someone's gotten SO, so, so mad they just can't take it anymore! They've made a voodoo doll and have begun to curse you with evil magic! Forget school, forget the school newspaper in your hand, RUN!!! Eheheh, just kidding Mr. Travis. No, I'm not encouraging hooky...
Sagittarius, the Archer
November 23-December 21
Whew, just typing your sign name has given me the willies. Sagittarius...you will have an overall good day, because YOU'RE THE ONE cursing Scorpio, huh, aren't you!? Confess!!! If you haven't made a voodoo doll, you have been mad at someone. Chill out before someone finds out! It's not like you to be mad!
Capricorn, the Goat
December 22-January 20
You, Capricorn, are starting to imagine yourself surrounded by a zoo full of animals. Go over this with your parents. They might let you get a fish if you ask nicely enough, or maybe you're lucky and WILL be surrounded by hundreds of pets. That's sure the way you'd like it - threatening your parents with a pet crocodile, hehe.
Aquarius, the Water Bearer
January 21-February 19
Wow, Aquarius, you have a very strange hidden talent. So strange, in fact, that certain people out there enjoy making fun of you. Don't worry, you will soon excel in your secret skill and will be extremely proud of an accomplishment. You also have a lot of really good friends to back you up, so relax and have some fun!
Pisces, the Fish
February 20-March20
Eheheheh...guess what Pisces..I have learned your secret! You watched a really dumb scary movie and you're still scared! And now you're embarrassed because you think everyone will find out! Don't worry, no one knows. Just make sure not to spill the beans to anyone. Especially your best friend. He/she's gonna tell!
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