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Hips of Steelnew
How do kids too cool for exercise keep the winter pounds off?
The Village Voice |
Nick Sylvester |
01-10-2006 |
Sports
The Heart of Darkness

After spending 24 hours in a Wal-Mart on the day after Christmas, its clear that you cannot understand the store's secret by being inside the beast any more than you can understand the theory of evolution by playing fetch with your dog.
Folio Weekly |
Hamilton Nolan |
01-10-2006 |
Shopping
Tags: hottopic
Good Repnew

Elizabeth Elmore discusses changes in indie rock, her budding law career and how she ended up on punk stalwart Lookout! Records.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
01-10-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sarge, The Reputation
The Prequel Pekarnew

With the rest of his life thoroughly documented through thirty years of American Splendor, Harvey Pekar's new book The Quitter has the air of a swan song.
Chicago Newcity |
Brian and Matthew Hieggelke |
01-10-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Harvey Pekar, The Quitter
Ari Upnew
Indiana's Ari Ari starts 2006 on a spazzy high note.
Riverfront Times |
Andrew Miller |
01-10-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Petrosexualsnew
Business owner Amy Petty defines a petrosexual as a pet that's not afraid to wear jewelry, and apparently, there are a lot of them.
Riverfront Times |
Staff |
01-10-2006 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
Kafe Kiboshnew
St. Louis' the Hip Hop Kafe, rap's answer to the Hard Rock Cafe, dies before being born.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
01-10-2006 |
Food+Drink
Drink Upnew
Police in St. Louis consider early last-calls for Mardi Gras revelers.
Riverfront Times |
Kristen Hinman |
01-10-2006 |
Recreation
Tags: bars & clubs
Girl Walks into a Comedy Club...new

The budding St. Louis comedian Brie Johnson fights comparisons to Sarah Silverman as she builds a buzz.
Riverfront Times |
Julie Seabaugh |
01-10-2006 |
Performance
Tags: performance
Tilting at Political Windmillsnew
San Francisco attorney Paul Melbostad continues relentlessly trying to prove campaign finance violations involving Gap Inc. founder Don Fisher and political consigliere Jim Sutton.
Levada's Secretnew
As he prepares to be deposed next week, former San Francisco Archbishop William Levada may have to come clean about a priestly child molester he protected in Portland.
House of the Accusednew
When priests within the Salesian order based in San Francisco were accused of sex abuse, the leaders chose to keep quiet.
Tags: Catholic Church, church sex abuse
Live To Tellnew
Traditional thinking goes that young artists are supposed to forget the past while older ones such as Madonna are seemingly bound by it, and once they venture outside of their fans' comfort zones, they plummet into obscurity.
Miami New Times |
Jean Carey |
01-10-2006 |
Music
Primordial Beatsnew
OG Ron C's remix of 8 Ball's Almost Famous enhances its forebear by deepening the artist's voice and making it possible to hear all the individual percussion sounds.
Miami New Times |
Rachel Swan |
01-10-2006 |
Reviews
Civil $ervicenew
Christmas came early for Miami-Dade County Manager George Burgess when his salary was raised to $311,000 a year.
Miami New Times |
Rob Jordan |
01-10-2006 |
Politics