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Cover Illustration by Manny Silva
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Classical Yo-Yo: In Which Our Reporter Puts on Spiffy Duds by Elka Karl
Then It Hit Me: Bare-Knuckle Boxing With Cat Power by Carla Costa
How I Became a Beard by Evan Rehill
Virgin Ears: The Melvins by Nate Daly
B.I.G. Poetry by Rachel Swan
Long Distance Runaround: One Fan’s Call for a Prog-Rock Redux by Carla Costa
Virgin Ears: Jane’s Addiction by Spence D.
Money by Lee Skirboll
Virgin Ears: The First Time I Heard Natural Dreamers’ Natural Dreamers by Antonia Blue
Play Aggression: What the Fuck is Christian Indie Rock? by Jonathan Loucks
Virgin Ears: Queen’s A Night at the Opera by Kirthana Ramisetta
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Are You Ready for Correction? by Monique Montibon
American Samurai: The Fate of Bushido in Hollywood by Jeremy Russell
I Was So Much Older Then: Freaks, Geeks, Losers and Smart Girls by Kaya Oakes
Celluloid Jukebox: Blessed Are the Geeks by Monique Montibon
(swp) Icecreamlandia: a collection of comics by Eve Englezos and Joshua E. Murray
The Characters of Metallica: Full Metal Racket by Henry Crush
MTV Killed Johnny Cash by Gustavus Kundahl
Um, Tina Fey, I Don’t Mean to be Mean…: Or, Satirizing Girls on Film by Jessica Hoffman
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Notes on the End: For the Curious Reader by Jeff Johnson
Novel Reject: Why Getting a Grant and Gaining a Double Chin Don’t Guarantee a Publisher by Randa Jarrar
Romance Is Dead: Sex, Vikings, and Sex With Vikings by Katy Ansite
Get This off My Chest by Elka Karl
Poetry, Inc. by Jonathan Loucks
Momentum a short story by Julia Glassman
Driving Lessons a short story by Jeremy Spring
Territory a poem by Christine Hamm
(swp) My Wife’s Ass a comic by Robert Goodin
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Paintings: Alena Rudolph
Critical Fictions by Katherine Feo
Text Haters: Among the Art Students by Paper Tiger
The Pleasure Platform: When Looking Good Is Enough by Dan Engber
When Robots Need Rogaine: Twenty-Five Years of Survival Research Laboratories by John-Christian Rauschenberg
Sew Your Own by Elly Karl
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Through a Glass, Brightly: Ira Glass, Regular Guy by Christopher Sebela
Following the Zapatistas: NAFTA and the Resistance Turn Ten by Paige R. Penland
Tourist of the Revolution by Annette Rodriguez
Freebox Fashion Show: Politics on the Catwalk by Molly Thomas
Get the Religious Right off My Jock: Why State Elections Matter When It Comes to Abortion Rights by Carla Costa
Democracy, American Style by Mosi Reeves
It’s Never as Good as the First Time: Kitchen Sink Votes by KS editors
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Can I Touch Him There?: Getting the Legal Dope on Being a Dominatrix by Ms. Marnie
Butterflied for Her Pleasure: New Performance Enhancers Found on Filipino Seamen by Jen Loy
Dining on Soul-Force by Amrah Johnson
Foods We Miss: How One Blessed Fruit Bar Got Me Through Summer by Elka Karl
Trying to Surmise God by David Jasper
Signs: Gemini Lie by Katy Ansite
Dreaming in Africa: Malaria, Fufu and Blueberry Pie by Lila Kitaeff