NEWS
The Culler of Money: Late-Night Infomercial Clown Matthew Lesko Has Authored Nearly 100 Books On Government Grants. His Formula? "I Don’t Write," He Says. "I Plagiarize." | Feature by Dave Jamieson
Westward Ho: Back in its heyday, Paloma’s was as hot as the hottest tech stocks. | The Nose
Learning Business: A Successful Nonprofit For Dropouts and Troubled Students Looks to the Future | Mobtown Beat by Stephen Janis
Private Eyes: With zabasearch.com, Your Personal Information May Be Only A Mouse Click Away From Anyone Who Wants It | Mobtown Beat by Christina Royster-Hemby
The Mail | Murder Ink | Quick and Dirty
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COLUMNS
That’s Life: This man might not be wasting your time, but if he’s looking for a wife who isn’t going to want to be the boss of him for the rest of his life, you’re sure as hell wasting his. | Think Mink by Mink Stole
The Future Is Now: With all his recent appointments, Bush has signaled that he fully plans on being a divider, not a uniter, and this is his best chance to put his stamp on history | Political Animal by Brian Morton
Rock the Vote: The last thing Baltimore needs is for Roberts or Tejada to get injured in a meaningless contest. | Benchwarmer by Gabriel Wardell
Story Time: It was just black folks and straight razors and sacrifice and corn liquor and roots (that’s voodoo, for you Northerners) | Social Studies by Vincent Williams
Little Hitlers: With nothing much to report or analyze, daily newspapers were filled with breezy profiles of pols, vacation reports rhapsodizing about the fishing in Oregon or Maine, Aunt Minnie’s tomato patch in rural New Jersey | Right Field by Russ Smith
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ARTS
Artificial Life: Laura Amussen And Scott Newcomb Vividly Mine Organic Meeting Synthetic | Art by J. Bowers
Zings of Desire: Ten Short Productions Blast Modern Romantic Foibles | Art by John Barry
Passion is a Fashion: The Real Story of the Clash by Pat Gilbert
| Review by
Emily Flake
The Icarus Girl by Helen Oyeyemi
| Review by
Felicia Pride
A Way from Home by Nancy Clark
| Review by
Lily Thayer
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MUSIC
Thong Wrong: Phil Buckman May Be An Offensive Pop Genius As I Hate You When You’re Pregnant | Music by Ryan Boddy
Zwan Wake: Short-lived Band Mates Dave Pajo And Billy Corgan Cough Up Compelling Solo Albums | Music by Raymond Cummings
The Short List: WEDNESDAY: Super cute and super spunky, Louisiana’s Eames Era—making time at the at the Talking Head with Seldon Plan and Stalking Horses—crafts Throwing Muses-tinted, Scrawlish pop-rock, thanks to the instantly seductive and summery vocals of Ashlin Phillips and those kind of no-nonsense guitar shrugs that feel like afterthoughts and stay with you for days. | Music by Bret McCabe
Vocal Point: Artist And Mother Converge In Local Improviser Audrey Chen | Music by Bret McCabe
Brain Donor: Brain Donor
| Review by
Bret McCabe
Smog: A River Ain’t Too Much To Love
| Review by
Catherine Lewis
Various Artists: Vision Volume 3
| Review by
Marc Masters
Lil' Mo: Dem Boyz
| Review by
Bret McCabe
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EAT
Lillies Mediterranean Tapas Bar
| Review by
Richard Gorelick
Orient Express
| Review by
Gadi Dechter
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