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Jabbin' Jibbsnew
How an amateur boxer went pro in hip-hop, all by the age of 16.
Cleveland Scene |
Dan LeRoy |
12-21-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jibbs
Back to the Garagenew
The Alarm Clocks return with a new album.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
12-21-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Alarm Clocks
Girl Powernew
Condon talks about how being gay helped bring Broadway to Hollywood with his blockbuster musical.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
12-21-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bill Condon, Dreamgirls
It Was Free Cuz I Stole Itnew

Looking back at the year in unfair shares.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Chris Ziegler |
12-21-2006 |
Music
No Buck Left Behindnew
Fort Worth public works inspectors are angry about being in class -- and taxpayers are picking up the tab.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Peter Gorman |
12-21-2006 |
Politics
Funny Power-Popnew
This collection of hard-to-find work will renew faith in Folds' creativity, but it will ultimately generate a longing for the piano man's next concerted studio effort.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Zack Shlachter |
12-21-2006 |
Reviews
Political Freightnew
A host of Minnesota politicians say pork-barrel spending on a railroad expansion project threatens the Mayo Clinic.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Beth Hawkins |
12-21-2006 |
Politics
Kinda Bluenew
Have gun, will unravel: My life as a fake cop.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jim Walsh |
12-21-2006 |
Commentary
Dodging Gnarls Berkeleynew
Both Honeycut and Gnarls Barkley make experimental pop that spans numerous genres, but in the end, Cee-Lo is a huge black Southern gangsta, and Bart Davenport is a skinny white East Bay folker.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
12-21-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Honeycut
Cat Powernew
Marker and his feline friend document post-9/11 France.
The Village Voice |
J. Hoberman |
12-21-2006 |
Reviews
A House Made of Strawnew
Timothy Gray at Ball State University has been in charge of building a house with bales of straw.
NUVO |
David Hoppe |
12-21-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Our Own Nuremberg Trialsnew
In 2007, the "reality show" of the American rule of law, for the world to see.
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
12-21-2006 |
Politics
Tags: WAR
Kids in a Queuenew
Thousands of Monterey County kids wait for subsidized childcare.
Monterey County Weekly |
Michelle Caldwell |
12-21-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Selling Empty Spacenew
National Expo Group peddles nonexistent trade shows, fails to pay employees, and yet manages to keep chugging along.
East Bay Express |
Jonathan Kaminsky |
12-21-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Hercules vs. Wal-Martnew
What better way to squash a city's dreams of smart growth than to allow construction of a giant retail store in its midst?
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
12-21-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development