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Blaine's Blazin' Fourth Firework Spectacular
By Ben Palosaari
Published: July 2, 2008
A nameless, screechy-voiced clerk on The Simpsons summed up Americans' feelings on how to best commemorate the Fourth of July when he said, "Celebrate the independence of your...
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Taste of Minnesota
By Jessica Armbruster
Published: July 2, 2008
On the Taste of Minnesota website, Mayor Chris Coleman welcomes guests planning to attend the festival, stating that he hopes we'll enjoy our stay in St. Paul. While there will...
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Taste of Minnesota: The Zombies
By Ray Cummings
Published: July 2, 2008
"Who the hell are the Zombies?" you wonder. "I mean, have I ever heard even one Zombies song?" Time for a brief education: In the 1960s, the Zombies were one of many...
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Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi
By Rick Mason
Published: July 2, 2008
Husband and wife Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi both are accomplished blues-based guitarists in their own right. Tedeschi is also a strong vocalist who mixes R&B and pop with...
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George Michael
By Ray Cummings
Published: July 2, 2008
Dolly Parton, Mariah Carey, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Neil Diamond, oh my! This latest season of American Idol—which culminated in a dispiritingly predictable David vs. David...
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A-List
Steve Miller Band; Joe Cocker
By Rick Mason
Published: July 2, 2008
For survivors of the 1970s, this double bill of erstwhile major hit-makers may seem like déjà vu all over again. Guitarist Miller and Cocker were both on top of...
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A-List
Bondage A Go Go
By Jessica Armbruster
Published: July 2, 2008
Are you still feeling guilty over that thing you did at your Fourth of July party? Still partying hard this weekend? Ready to go public with your leather fetish? Then tonight's...
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News
No More Pencils, No More Books
Rural schools say chronic underfunding is leading them to desperate measures
By Beth Walton
Published: July 2, 2008
It wasn't until mid-June that state Rep. Mindy Greiling (DFL-Roseville) really understood the impact of underfunding state school districts. For years she has been lobbying for...
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Feature
Minnesota's Thin Slice of the Military Pie
By Jeff Severns Guntzel
Published: July 2, 2008
Last month, a flatbed truck left the three-million-square-foot BAE Systems facility in Fridley and traveled east, its covered cargo destined for a birthday party 1,000 miles...
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Blotter
Poolside Manners
After banning a three-year-old from swimming, grown man still fears cooties
Published: July 2, 2008
Last weekend, a northern Minnesota summer camp for HIV-positive children unveiled its new swimming pool by honoring Caleb Glover, an apple-cheeked three-year-old, with the...
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Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to Savage Love snafu
Published: July 2, 2008
Savage Loveless I am sadly disappointed that you have decided to run Dan Savage's column only online. I looked forward to reading his entertaining advice on the commuter bus...
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Gimme Noise
Tell Your Children
St. Paul's Eclipse Records offers live music for kids young and old
By Andrea Swensson
Published: July 2, 2008
When I was 18, nothing was more important to me than seeing Ike Reilly play his four-night stand at the Turf Club. As with almost every show at the Turf, Reilly's sets were...
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Music
Thunder Cats
Kitten Forever channel their crabbiness into manic dancing
By David Hansen
Published: July 2, 2008
Even with the bucket seats removed and the gear still in the venue, the van is as cramped as a crypt. Through its stock tweeters, Bessie Smith's voice lopes in a forlorn lilt,...
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CD Review
Weezer
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: July 2, 2008
Fucking Weezer. Rivers C. and the other dudes (till Matt Sharp returns, who cares?) make one-third of a decent record—pure pop for now people, if your "now" happens to be...
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5ingles
The Songs We Can't Escape
By Ray Cummings
Published: July 2, 2008
THE DANDY WARHOLS"The World the People Together" Do aging alt-rock heads sit around these days waiting for new Dandy Warhols albums to drop? Really? Anyway, this is like...
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Critics' Picks
Critics' Picks
Published: July 2, 2008
WEDNESDAY 7.02 Drive-By TruckersFirst AvenueThe Drive-By Truckers have been in the forefront of the movement by bands south of the Mason-Dixon to document the fading...
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Dish
High Cuisine
A search for Minneapolis's best rooftop dining
By Rachel Hutton
Published: July 2, 2008
With just a few months of parka-free frolicking to be had in Minnesota, we take to doing everything al fresco while we can, including eating and drinking. Sure, the habit has...
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À la carte
People Food
Citizen Cafe hits the neighborhood restaurant trifecta: Reasonable prices, creative cooking, and genuine passion
By James Norton
Published: July 2, 2008
Soul: Some restaurants got it, some don't. It's a difficult thing to nail down with any certainty—in general, it's easier to talk about the technical execution of various...
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Movies
Superzero
Hancock squanders potential greatness with lame humor and a half-baked hero
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: July 2, 2008
The Sixth Sense, starring Bruce Willis as a dead man, was writer-director M. Night Shyamalan's breakthrough, but its follow-up, Unbreakable, starring Bruce Willis as the...
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Highlight
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
By Jim Ridley
Published: July 2, 2008
A tightly wound bundle of everything and its opposite—an anti-authoritarian who ran for sheriff of Aspen, a peace-loving gun nut, an iconoclast who relished winners as...
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