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Plastic Constellations
By David Hansen
Published: April 16, 2008
While the local music community was eagerly abuzz in anticipation of the Plastic Constellations' imminent new record, nefarious, tectonic forces deep beneath First Avenue's...
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Marya Hornbacher
By Jessica Armbruster
Published: April 16, 2008
Marya Hornbacher was only 22 when she received critical praise for her bestselling memoir, Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia, which recounted her childhood and teen...
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Chuck Logan
By Ben Palosaari
Published: April 16, 2008
In his latest novel, South of Shiloh, Chuck Logan steps away from undercover cop Phil Broker, the central character of six of Logan's novels. But the Stillwater writer sticks...
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HIstory of Hip: Design
By Jessica Armbruster
Published: April 16, 2008
Funny how we sometimes use the past to make things look "new." Though the 1950s was some half a century ago, the era lives on aesthetically, often managing to attract hipsters...
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Yeasayer
By Erin Roof
Published: April 16, 2008
Many modern bands with CSNY harmonies end up sounding like misplaced cowboys, more prone to hailing cabs than herding cattle. It's evident that Brooklyn's Yeasayer have a...
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Zenon's 25th Anniversary Spring Program
By Caroline Palmer
Published: April 16, 2008
The local modern and jazz repertory company continues to celebrate its 25th year with a spring concert featuring a host of new and favorite works plus the final performance of...
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The Current Fakebook: Chuck D
By Nate Patrin
Published: April 16, 2008
The thing about listening to an MC step outside of the context of rap and deliver a straight-up lecture is that often the things that made him sound great as a lyricist carry...
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A-List
Hot Chip
By Erin Roof
Published: April 16, 2008
Hot Chip has Devo's aesthetic down perfectly: managing to be over-the-top nerdy but undeniably hip. The English quintet fasten together the best of new wave with impeccably...
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National Geographic Live Speakers Series: Sam Abell
By Ben Palosaari
Published: April 16, 2008
National Geographic photographer Sam Abell's work is rooted in the snapshots and vacation photos everybody takes on family trips. He learned the craft from his father in their...
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Features
Minnesota filmmakers at the festival
Profiles of the local film community
Published: April 16, 2008
MONDO BONDO Tony Cane-HoneysettTony Cane-Honeysett, a mug of Stella Artois in hand, reclines in his high-top barstool. Eighteen years stateside haven't robbed his speech of a...
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Spotlight
Theater Spotlight: Exit Strategy
By Quinton Skinner
Published: April 16, 2008
EXIT STRATEGYCricket Productions; at Mixed Blood Theatre through May 4612.338.6131Our culture's head is pretty well lodged in the sand so far as matters of aging and death are...
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Features
Flicks to Pick
A guide for taking the guesswork out of MSPIFF
Published: April 16, 2008
FRIDAY 4.18Public Enemy: Welcome to the TerrordomeOak Street Cinema, Friday at 8 p.m.; and St. Anthony Main, Saturday, April 26, at 9:45 p.m.In the VH1 age, the movie house can...
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News
Madia tops Bonoff
Does our state contest mirror Clinton and Obama nationally?
By Beth Walton
Published: April 16, 2008
An accomplished sitting female senator, a mother, well established in political circles, seemed a shoo-in. The money and endorsements were lined up. Nothing was going to keep...
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Features
More Film Reviews
Published: April 16, 2008
FRIDAY 4.18 The World Unseen St. Anthony Main, Friday at 9:40 p.m. and Monday at 9:15 p.m. British author Shamim Sarif takes her award-winning debut novel to the screen with...
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Blotter
Minnesota a leader among restaurant food poisonings
Check please: we've got the third-highest total in the country
Published: April 16, 2008
Looking for an excuse to cut back on eating out? A recent analysis of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that Minnesota had the third-most...
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Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to "Shrink Your Playlist"
Published: April 16, 2008
Singing a new tune Sorry—do I have this right? "Listener supported" 89.3 is worried about Arbitron ratings ("Shrink Your Playlist," 3/26/08)? Why? I thought the whole...
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Music
RJD2 keeps 'em guessing
Year after year, the DJ delivers
By Jeff Shaw
Published: April 16, 2008
RJD2 is full of surprises. The beatmaker extraordinaire has made a career of confounding expectations. Whether as a solo artist or collaborating with others, he's produced...
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CD Review
Vampire Hands
Me and You Cherry Red
By David Hansen
Published: April 16, 2008
VAMPIRE HANDS Me and You Cherry Red Peppermint Coffins Even solid releases, if imprudently spaced, can exhaust an audience and give an impression of impatience and desperate...
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5ingles
5ingles
The Songs We Can't Escape
By Ray Cummings
Published: April 16, 2008
THE KILLS "Cheap and Cheerful" Imagine if the male ideal this tune pines for—the buck-wild, assholish ruffian—was what every woman wanted! Nice guys finish last,...
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Critics' Picks
Critic's Picks: Destroyer and more
Published: April 16, 2008
WEDNESDAY 4.16 Destroyer 400 Bar Whenever the name of New Pornographer Dan Bejar's band Destroyer is mentioned, it leads me to march around proclaiming, "Destroyer! Raaawr!"...
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