Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 15, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Editor Morley 6977307 entertainment Winnipeg free press May avenging death killer felled by munchkins 1 found out about laser tag from a Guy i know named Woody is in Public de spite the fact that he looks like and i say this As a Friend a Street person who has failed to take his medication since i believe this is the secret of his Success when Woody approaches business they expect him to ask them for spare and pos Sibly throw up on their and when he there so relieved that they agree to let him handle their Public Woody represents this outfit that operates a laser tag and hed been bugging me to try its really he everybody runs around and tries to shoot everybody i that Doest sound like a that sounds like phenomenon but finally i decided to look into because in a and in my line of you never know when youre going to come across a socially significant new except that this will definitely not happen to you if youre playing laser and thus on a Friday afternoon i went with my to the laser tag place in Coconut which is a part of Miami where busloads of european tourists go to enjoy the unique South Florida tropical experience of meeting and mingling with other european sometimes from completely different the laser tag place was staffed by wholesome looking Young they collected apiece from us and ushered us into the briefing along with about a dozen oth ers who would be playing the game some teenage a family with Munchkin size and two women who looked As though they came directly from at this Point we were just Ordi nary humans with no interest in kill ing each a staff person divided us into a red team and a Green then explained the principles of the which boil Down to shoot the other the staff per for Public relations used the term tag instead of each time you get shot you lose a life after you lose four you go to the where heres a major improvement Over get four More the staff person also said we could use our lasers to deactivate the enemy Why would we do that asked one of the women who looked As though they came directly from Rob and i smirked at each trying to imagine the mental state of a person who would not immediately grasp the importance of deactivating the enemy our smirks got even Smirk Ier when this woman asked if it was of to play the game wearing High heels and carrying sometimes you have to wonder what is happening to this after the we went into the vesting where we each got a laser attached to a red or Green plastic Vest the Vest has a de vice that vibrates when somebody shoots then we were led to a Semi spooky room with artificial smoke Drifting around and a big Maze in the full of nooks and crannies where a person could the two teams went to oppo site ends of the then a voice on the Loudspeaker said and suddenly the room was filled with extremely loud pulsating music apparently created by musicians beating their amplifiers to death with i am not a violent i am a product of the Flower Power i have actually worn Bel bottomed jeans and stood in a mass of hundreds of swaying Back and singing everybody get try to love one another right having vivid visions of world some of us were also hav ing vivid visions of giant red frogs hopping across the but that an other i Haven been in a fight since Grade 7 and have never owned a but when the laser tag game Start a primeval reptile instinct took Over my turning me instantly into the avenging death killer of i made rambo look like mis Ter i was a wild Man Dart ing through the dark ducking around making totally unintelligible combat style hand signals to my at one i i signalled to my without a Trace of yelled cover me my nervous system was on maximum overload red because i knew that some where out in that Smoky was the and i had to Hunt him Down without because he was a merciless killer who would not hesitate no my Vibrator is vibrating Ive been shot the enemy is even More deadly than i thought he is vicious he is brutal he is a woman wearing High at least she didst hit me with her i also got nailed repeatedly by the the avenging death killer of doom spent a lot of time skittering Back to the trailed by a persistent seven year old with excellent aim who was Mak ing the avenging death killer of dooms Vest vibrate like a defective alarm but i also scored a few hits my and at one want this in my obituary i deactivated the enemy i found the experience to be far More entertaining than anything being funded by the National endowment for the and to those of you who feel that this kind of game is bad because it might encourage aggressive behaviour in a society that is already far too Vio let me say while i under stand your i also feel that this Type of play acting activity can provide a harmless release for aggressiveness and actually reduce so shut up or ill kill Miami Herald Dave Barry hears from the irs Knight Ridder newspapers dear editor i read Dave barrys March 13 column that provided answers to tax payer questions to his no doubt Many As commissioner of internal i need All the help i can get during the tax so i guess i should thank but i have a Bone to pick with although in sure his heart was in the right in worried that some of the answers he provided May not be entirely although Dave told his readers correctly that the s in irs Means he described the r As rep resenting a tiny room with a hard chair where we Grill randomly selected taxpayers until they break is simply not As part of our new customer service Stan we have renovated the its much bigger i May not be the Wacky Duette Dave de but you have to realize its discouraging to keep making improvements and get no yet another example of As reported by is that the hard working employees of the irs breathe via Gills and have a motto to that although it May be True that at one time our employees did have As part of our tax systems modernization All of our employees have replaced their Gills please Tell your readers that the i in irs does i do have a sense of humor Lucky for to show my in going to Send one of my representatives to Margaret Milner Richardson internal Revenue service monday cup playoffs Western quarterfinal Toronto at prime time Naomi Wynonna love can build a fun the show trek next dead pulse Cinema Grilles dans la sport the show to the Langeliers up playoffs Western quarterfinal Dallas at Detriot King the City Les Nal de i q by in prime time of Snow be jeep vision 00 Huntley Mvi of Jwj tourism a Ever Michael Cantrelle 03 movie movie love at first two movie the flying league baseball Colorado Rockies at Atlanta Mallock the final trek never give an trumpeter Payton left shines in his first Outing As a Leader Turre shells out musical another Young lion roars As band Leader Nicholas a this cd another Young another trumpet player from new another More great is a product of the Fertile new Orleans music scene which spawned the likes of Wynton and Branford Marsalis most but which has a Long jazz he is assisted Here by Mark White another new Orleans on guitar and pianist Mulgrew Miller and bassist Reginald both former musical associates of Wynton Monte an excellent vibes and the omnipresent Lewis Nash on Drums round out a powerhouse the album is produced by another Marsalis Payton play s a Ballad with real especially his own composition Little he wrote seven of the 12 tunes on this the band can swing As Well on tunes such As the title Cole porters from this moment Payton plays with precision even at rapid Payton is a skilled trumpeter and a skilled band Leader judging by this first recording As a he surrounds himself with Good musicians and lets them share the spotlight As Well As perform As Good ensemble playing As youre Likely to jazz Chris Smith Payton has played with drummer Elvin pianist Marcus Roberts and in the Lincoln Centre jazz he has a warm Fine writing skills i a Long career ahead of him Ray of my Best friends piano players Telar jazz cd what an idea a series of recordings with bassist Extraordinaire Ray Brown and top names on different the bassist is teamed up with five pianists on this first Oscar Benny Green and Dado Moroni Are old friends Ahmad Jamal and Geoff Keezer play with Brown for the first Lewis the Muchi demand adds another notch to his musical Jamal and Brown kick things off with bags Groove and set the tone for the entire cd excellent musicians playing together As if they were a regular Green starts his set off with a fast paced Lover and Moroni has some fun with Coltrane giant the youngster in the gets a single tune but shows he is in the same with whom Brown performed and recorded for so Many years Browns playing bowing and Arco is Topnotch and this is an excellent Start to what can Only be an exceptional within Antilles cd there Are some real treats Here by trombone and Shell player which kicks off the is almost 13 minutes of rousing music with help from the likes of Jon Faddis on Pharoah Sanders on Tenor Herbie Hancock on piano and Victor Lewis on since i fell for you has Turre playing plunger creating both a Good feel and Good you Haven heard Miles Daviss All blues until youve heard the Melody played on a sea an but listenable rendering of the Miles Turre describes the sea Shell and animal Horn As the roots of brass and this album As part of the evolution of the 10piece group sanctified which combines latin and traditional music of Turre displays his trombone chops on body and special nods go to Faddis and and to the trombone players who double As the Shell mephisto a women walking shoes foam mid Soui Shock arson Miaw ild itts Zirkl j Lints Lidin Elliel Ronalds Fine shoes in in 689 Osborne Street 4531037 join weight watchers today and Cut the not the food join now for just save offer expires May weakly fee 987slim 7546 or 18007820109 weight watchers 1995 weight watchers owner of the weight watchers All rights May 1921 him Nyhl Llull Uniti Itic Call 9562792 in in Vii it Simov i win a weekend at 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