Vol 26 Issue 1305
Published 12/7/2005 through 12/13/2005
The Great Indoors (Cover Story)
As Seen on TV! (Cover Story)
Your Tivo won't tell you who shot J.R. — DVDs will!
Cold Weather Culture (Cover Story)
Eleven things we're looking forward to that aren't the spring thaw.
Hell on Ice (Cover Story)
Come in from the cold with these six winter movies.
Wanna buy an expensive CD? (Cover Story)
Praise and blame for the season's multi-disc collections.
Pawlenty's "Surplus": Now You See It... (News)
The governor's warm (and fuzzy) budgetary math.
The American Way of Torture (News)
Local physician and author Steve Miles examines the forensic record of U.S. abuses in Iraqi prisons.
The Billion Dollar Bash (News)
Minneapolis moves toward a final 2006 city budget.
Exile on Stalinallee (Jim Walsh)
He started out as a Grade-B Ricky Nelson; He ended up as an American revolutionary.
Viewmaster
Lil’ Flip to Minneapolis: Y’all fucked up tonight
Many Happy Returns (Hang Time)
Eddie Griffin, shot-blocker extraordinaire, is delivering huge value on his new contract with the Wolves.
Countless Crispy Critters (Dish)
Dear Dara confronts the French-fry issue. Café Barbette, The St. Paul Grill, Café Lurcat, Bar Lurcat
The Year in Theater (Arts Feature)
The Greeks, the geeks, the freaks, the dualistic representations of the Argentine distaff underclass--all the best of Twin Cities drama circa 2005.
No Place Like Home (Music)
Bill Mike's musical journey through R&B roadie work and heavy metal star sightings.
The Mother of All Comebacks. More or Less. (Music)
Kate Bush returns with boho bricolage and songs about laundry.
In Da Club: Christ Punchers at the Kitty Cat Klub (In Da Club)
Local punks heat up the chill-out lounge.
Madonna: Confessions on a Dance Floor (CD Review)
The Earlies: These Were the Earlies, Micah P. Hinson: And the Gospel of Progress (CD Review)
Oil Spill (Film)
Petroleum-based spy thriller fails to strike black gold.
The Psychopathology of Everyday Life (Film)
Bertolucci's 'Conformist' hero stalks normality.
Off The Cliff (Theater)
Gremlin's 'On the Verge' stumbles through time.
Spotlight: The Miracle Worker (Theater)
Stacia Rice and company get high emotion out of old standby.