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    Dwayne Dopsie & Zydeco Hellraisers

    By Rick Mason

    Published: March 19, 2008

    Dwayne Rubin is one of the three musical sons of Alton Rubin, better known as Rockin' Dopsie, who was among a handful of seminal instigators of the raucous, blues-based,...

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    Jon Langford and Rico Bell

    By Jessica Armbruster

    Published: March 19, 2008

    Of all the punk-rock bands to emerge out of late-'70s England, the Mekons are perhaps a little more eclectic than the rest. Though their roots remain punk, over the years the...

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    Minnesota Regional FIRST Robotics Competition

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: March 19, 2008

    Battle Bots have nothing on FIRST robotics competitions. Creating a robot with one goal is child's play compared to the tasks FIRST high school teams tackle. FIRST gives...

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    Warren Read

    By Jessica Armbruster

    Published: March 19, 2008

    Thanks to various services made more readily available on the internet, genealogy has grown as a U.S. pastime. Though many may find new and interesting factoids about their...

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    Warren Read

    By Jessica Armbruster

    Published: March 19, 2008

    Thanks to various services made more readily available on the internet, genealogy has grown as a U.S. pastime. Though many may find new and interesting factoids about their...

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    Toubab Krewe

    By Rick Mason

    Published: March 19, 2008

    If the divide between American and African music seems to almost disappear when you hear someone like Malian guitarist Ali Farka Touré, consider Toubab Krewe, an...

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    John & Lillian Boutté

    By Rick Mason

    Published: March 19, 2008

    Brother and sister John and Lillian Boutté rarely perform together, and even more rarely appear outside their native New Orleans (at least in the U.S.), where they have...

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    Evolution: MMA Fighting

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: March 19, 2008

    The first rule of mixed martial arts fighting is you do not butt heads in mixed martial arts fighting. The second rule of mixed martial arts fighting is you do not butt heads...

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    Heartbeat of the Drum

    By Quinton Skinner

    Published: March 19, 2008

    Heartbeat of the Drum SteppingStone Theatre SteppingStone Theatre moved into its new venue in December of last year; it's a renovated onetime church next to William...

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    Suburban World: The Norling Photos

    By Jessica Armbruster

    Published: March 19, 2008

    Model home explosions, children dancing in Scottish kilts, men playing baseball on donkeys, murder-suicide aftermaths, linoleum, and America Legion parades. Life in...

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    Colleen Mullins: Elysium: Urban Canopy Loss in Post-Katrina New Orleans at the Hands of Man

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: March 19, 2008

    There were plenty of sad stories to come out of New Orleans in the months and years after hurricane Katrina. There were the hospitals accused of euthanizing patients they...

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    Tony Earley

    By Jessica Armbruster

    Published: March 19, 2008

    The sequel to Tony Earley's bestseller Jim the Boy, The Blue Star jumps forward to Jim Glass's senior year of high school. The year is 1941, and the U.S. is on the cusp of...

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    Le Loup

    By Sarah Askari

    Published: March 19, 2008

    Bless Craigslist. It does the work of the Gods, righting wrongs in Missed Connections and uniting dongs in Casual Encounters—why, it's even behind the mini-orchestra from...

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    Michael Stanley

    By Jessica Armbruster

    Published: March 19, 2008

    It is a fortunate event when hyenas only partially consume a discarded body. At least, we are told as much amidst the imagery of yellow bones, bloody eye sockets, and the...

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    The Current Fakebook: Greil Marcus and the Mekons

    By Pat O'Brien

    Published: March 19, 2008

    This ongoing series presented by the Current outdoes itself yet again. In the past there have been guests like filmmaker John Waters and satirist/rock nerd Chuck Klosterman,...

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    Panther

    By Erin Roof

    Published: March 19, 2008

    Panther meet all three prerequisites of Portland residency: gnarly beards (groan), band membership, and vague political concerns. The duo's hippy-dippy DIY aesthetic follows...

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    Black Moth Super Rainbow

    Published: March 19, 2008

    Your first mental image of a band with a name like Black Moth Super Rainbow might be a group of unicorns, wizards, and trolls pumping out long-winded prog rock for hopelessly...

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    Headlights

    By Mark Keresman

    Published: March 19, 2008

    Whether they admit it or not, today's indie rockers owe a lot to '60s radio poppers. Immediate hooks, sweet and sensitive singing, and lean song construction (make your point...

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    Bonerama

    By Rick Mason

    Published: March 19, 2008

    The bones at the heart of this brash New Orleans renegade brass septet are of the trom variety. In fact, a quartet of trombones, joined by a sousaphone, electric guitar, and...

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    Born Ruffians

    By Ray Cummings

    Published: March 19, 2008

    Imagine—if you dare, really—the tribalist/psychedelic antics, shrieking exuberance, and faux-twee naiveté of Animal Collective married to the Strokes' OCD,...