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The Flow of Freerunningnew

Parkour, freerunning, PK -- it's all the same thing: part martial art, part acrobatics, part extreme sport. And it's making its way from Europe to cities and towns across New England.
Boston Phoenix  |  Sara Donnelly  |  07-11-2005  |  Sports

Party Like It's 1964new

Originality is in short supply these days, so ripping off the Beatles -- especially when a band does it as competently and as pleasurably as the Redwalls do -- is no worse than ripping off any number of currently fashionable influences.
Illinois Times  |  Rene Spencer Saller  |  07-11-2005  |  Reviews

Cut and Pastenew

Embellished with clarinet, trumpet, cello, and saxophone, these 13 tracks vacillate between effervescent chamber-pop and rattletrap free jazz, folktronic freakouts and luminous art songs, skittish beat pastiches and free-association ramblings.
Illinois Times  |  Rene Spencer Saller  |  07-11-2005  |  Reviews

Torturous Truthnew

Senator Richard Durbin was not misunderstood. It wasn't the Nazi reference that got him in trouble -- it was telling the truth.
Illinois Times  |  Fletcher Farrar  |  07-11-2005  |  Commentary

This Goes to 11!

The punk is still there at the Warped Tour, fortified with an infusion of the harder stuff and a stronger presence for female rockers and underground hip-hop evolution. Here are 11 lists and 11 bands not to miss.
Salt Lake City Weekly  |  Bill Frost  |  07-08-2005  |  Music

Hard to Hatenew

If you turn off your brain and your conscience, it’s possible to enjoy the burbly bass line and urgent whisper that Kaine and D-Roc use to deliver their heinous message.
Illinois Times  |  Rene Spencer Saller  |  07-08-2005  |  Reviews

Embryonic Death

Che Guevera would've been proud of the Eastern European sensibility Walter Salles brings to Dark Water, written by a guy who apparently has some buried, unresolved issues with his Mama's womb.
Dayton City Paper  |  Aaron Epple  |  07-08-2005  |  Reviews

Battling Demonsnew

Spielberg tackles homeland insecurities.
Missoula Independent  |  Nicole Panter  |  07-08-2005  |  Reviews

Wrong Turnnew

James Lee Burke's latest gets lost at the crossroads
Missoula Independent  |  James Lee Burke's latest gets lost at the crossroads  |  07-08-2005  |  Fiction

The Unocal Connectionnew

An issue that figures in both war and commerce is who will control a proposed pipeline that would deliver oil and gas to feed the burgeoning industrialization of India and China.
Missoula Independent  |  George Ochenski  |  07-08-2005  |  Commentary

That Obscure Object of Desirenew

This second directorial feature by Agnes Jaoui is just as ambitious and character-centered as her first.
Dayton City Paper  |  Aaron Epple  |  07-08-2005  |  Reviews

Growth Rules!new

An Independent Weekly investigation of an obscure North Carolina board finds that business trumps the public interest on the state's Rules Review Commission, which has the last word on all state rules and regulations.
INDY Week  |  Jennifer Strom  |  07-08-2005  |  Policy Issues

Meanwhile, Back at the Raunch

Wedding Crashers recalls a golden era of unapologetic crude comedy -- at least for a while.
Salt Lake City Weekly  |  Scott Renshaw  |  07-08-2005  |  Reviews

Life Imitates The Daily Show

You too can become a prominent Republican business leader in your community, for a small fee.
Columbus Alive  |  Melissa Starker  |  07-08-2005  |  Commentary

Home Sweet Hotel

A Website writer offers a modest proposal for how to thank Justice Souter for the eminent domain ruling.
Columbus Alive  |  J. Caleb Mozzocco  |  07-08-2005  |  Commentary

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