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Cover: American Beauty by Laurenn McCubbin
Editor’s Note
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louderthanwords
Who’s on the Stereo by Jeff Johnson
Virgin Ears: Brian Eno, Here Come the Warm Jets by Jeff Johnson
Better With a Gun: Suicide Kings SIam Poetry by Rachel Swan
Virgin Ears: Bikini Kill Whips the Blankets by Carla Costa
Troubadour! Troubadour!: A Personal Folk Odyssey With Sean Hayes by Elka Karl
Canadian Post-Rock: A New Chicago? by Scott M. Silsbe
Go Your Own Way: Learning to Embrace the Bad, Non-lronically by Kaya Oakes
Then It Hit Me: Randy Newman by Chris Sebela
Play Aggression: Weed Rock by Jonathan Loucks
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Walking on Water a comic by Robert Goodin
Sleep Set a comic by Joshua Hagler
Meta a comic by Shannon Wheeler
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Hellcabs and Hitmen: Cabsploitation on Film by Jeremy Russell
lnstant Replay: Office Space by Maureen Dixon
Good Pervert, Bad Pervert: Pee Wee Herman and the Death of the Public Persona by Tara Goe
Instant Replay: Tampopo by Wendy Yamagihara
A Modern Guide to Psychiatric Drugs and Cinema by Gustavus Kundahl
Celluloid Jukebox: Polanski and Paranoia by Tammy Fartin
Representing the Truth in Lying Times: Documentaries and the Politics of Non-Fiction Forms by Jessica Hoffman
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Useful Fictions: Booze, Gas Huffing, Emerson and Khakheperresneb by Jon Marc Smith
The Amorphous Writing Community: A Primer by Robert Detman
Heckling the Satirist: A Local Celebrity Mocks a National Celebrity at the Urging of a Nobody by Dave Jasper
Gorgeous Pajamas: The Inspired Life of a Punk Pixie by Michelle Detorie
Late Bloomers: Teen Books for the Post Teens by Elka Karl
Fiction Contest Winners
Smart Water by Jill Koenigsdorf
Marching on by Chantal Krcmar
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Rubberneckfacing by Paul Roma
Seeing Things: Sean McFarland by Katy Ansite
O, Type by CG Sienkiewicz
Cured: Mimi Barr by Brion Nuda Rosch
Art Before Galleries: The Yo-Yo Reporter Hunts for the Painted Cave by Sean Boyd
Portfolio: Chris Duncan by Katy Ansite
revolution
Midriffs, Thongs and Butt-Crack Peekaboo: The Gaze of a Feminist Lecher by Michael Larkin
The State of Today’s Papers: Slate’s Eric Umansky Evaluates the Major Dailies by Carla Costa
When the Blues Go Away: lndie-Rock Revolution in Oakland? by Sapna Chhabra
A Chance to Cut is a Chance to Cure: lntersexuality’s Shifting ldentity by Laura Deutch
The BTK and the Suspicious Six: How an Online News Forum Hosted a Stakeout by Chris Sebela
The Economics of Exporting Peace: Costa Rica’s Big Risk by Paige R. Penland
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Aging Hipster Chick Seeks Self-Edification by Kaya Oakes
Sex Fact: Arnie Says: Don’t Fuck Dead People by Jen Loy
A Chef ls Born by Justin Berton
Recipe: Cream Cheese Chile Cornbread by Sean Corkery
Foods We Miss: Liverwurst by Lisa Drostava
Dying on a Budget: ls Mortality Easier to Swallow in Large Doses? by Lee Skirboll
Signs: I Know Where There ls lt a Cat by Antero Alli
To the Gods of the End of the World by Antero Alli