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Playing Catch
By Mark Donald
Published: August 7, 2008
What is it about baseball that so connects father to son? Think Field of Dreams and that iconic moment when Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner)--who turned his cornfield into a...
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Ding! Ding!
Public transportation takes the stage
By Noah W. Bailey
Published: August 7, 2008
Let's cut to the chase--Desire is a weird name for a trolley. Lightning, sure. Sparky, Wheels and The Old-Timer? All acceptable. But Desire? Seriously, what was Tennessee...
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Fanct Feast
Share the table with your pooch
By Jesse Hughey
Published: August 7, 2008
At "Dog Days of Summer," an event benefiting the Greyhound Adoption League, executive chef Chris Ward will demonstrate "recipes for humans and canines alike." Presuming the...
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Sell, Sell, Sell
See the ads of yesteryear at Webb Gallery
By Jennifer Elaine Davis
Published: August 7, 2008
Advertising today is a reactive and cynical affair, mostly tongue-in-cheek, that tries super hard to relate to you. Note the rush of ads a couple months ago when everyone...
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Cute As A Bunny
By Patrick Williams
Published: August 7, 2008
Slow and steady wins the race? Ha. Don't believe it, kid. Let us tell you how The Tortoise and the Hare really went down: The hare, after a night of tweaking with strippers,...
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The Soupman
The Majestic hosts Joel McHale
By Sam Merten
Published: August 7, 2008
There aren't many TV shows that I get excited about these days, and frankly I never thought a show on E! would ever be on that list, but if you haven't seen The Soup, you are...
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Robot Dreams
Band pump out hits for Shakey Amy
By Merritt Martin
Published: August 7, 2008
Who is Shakey Amy? She's an advocate, a Lakewood resident, a music lover, a wife, a videographer, a woman with dystonia. OK, so what is dystonia? It's a neurological disorder...
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Angry Dennis
Miller spits all over Bass Hall
By Laurie Dent
Published: August 7, 2008
You know he rants. You know he raves. And you know he has zero qualms about giving you an earful when it comes to his opinions. Dennis Miller, the acerbic comedian, writer and...
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Have Some Joe
By Daniel Rodrigue
Published: August 7, 2008
The first single off Joe Diffie's debut album shot straight to No. 1 in 1990. Since then, he's released more than a dozen top-10 hits, won a Grammy and, sadly, chopped off his...
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Say It!
It's love in the time of the dark lord
By John Freeman
Published: August 7, 2008
When I first heard the name of the play, Say You Love Satan, it conjured up a memory. I once read a true crime book about a Long Island teenage metalhead who called himself...
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Heat, Wind and Rain
Barker documents the Remnants
By Noah W. Bailey
Published: August 7, 2008
Photographer Kent Barker seems rather taken with the process of erosion--"There is a solitude and a quiet that for me is conducive to the act of 'seeing' and a unique visual...
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Going For The Goal
Dr. Jeffrey Spencer signs and motivates
By Merritt Martin
Published: August 7, 2008
Who doesn't need to be more productive? I'll tell you who: Dr. Jeffrey Spencer. The man has not only been a Tour de France team member eight freakin' times, but he's also a...
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Matchmaker, Matchmaker
Not Xanadu, silly. Zanna Don't!
By Rich Lopez
Published: August 7, 2008
Clearly I'm an idiot. I just now got the title of Uptown Players' newest show, Zanna Don't! A Musical Fairy Tale. The off-Broadway show sounds like Footloose meets High School...
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Trial By Stone
The two endeavor to make one
By Merritt Martin
Published: August 7, 2008
As a younger person in the age of the crystal shards, Fizzgigg, Kira and Jen, I was less about the fantasies and more about the comedies. I'd sit and watch The Jerk or...
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A Horse, Of Course
By JARED BINDER
Published: August 7, 2008
To make a successful film, a director must cause the audience to suspend their disbelief. Fortunately for Hollywood many of us are only too willing to oblige. Hey, if we can...
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Hatin' On Pinstripes
See Damn Yankees in Fort Worth
By Katey Margolis
Published: August 7, 2008
I was raised to be a New York Mets fan. I have fuzzy memories of my father trying to teach me to bat when I could barely walk. I have a picture of myself with one front tooth...
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Feature
Testing Their Metal
Taking a look and listen to the 20 bands confirmed for the Ozzfest bill
By Pete Freedman
Published: August 7, 2008
Twenty bands on three stages? That adds up to a lot of metal. How much? Well, this field guide should help. Below you'll find the set times for every band on Ozzfest's...
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Critics' Picks
The Hush Sound, The Cab
Monday, August 11, at The Door
By Michael Gallucci
Published: August 7, 2008
A couple of years ago, The Hush Sound was just another boy-girl emo band from Chicago. The four kids, all barely out of their teens, did the usual bump-and-grind with the...
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Black Kids
Partie Traumatic (Almost Gold)
By Ben Westhoff
Published: August 7, 2008
Last year, Florida quintet Black Kids released a free four-song EP of electro-tinged dance songs addressing themes of incest and gender ambiguity. The girls went...
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The Summer After
The Summer of Love got all sorts of coverage on its 40th Anniversary. So where’s the love for 1968?
By Lee Zimmerman
Published: August 7, 2008
Considering the fact that 2008 marks the 40th anniversary of a year that produced countless musical milestones, it's surprising how little has been made of it so far. While...
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