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*Special* Feature: R.E.M.

The Live Scene: Great Northern/The Gutter Twins; The Redbloods/The Red Velvet; The Carolina Chocolate Drops

Core Samples: Sheryl Crow; Nada Surf; The Gutter Twins; Great Northern; The High Water Marks; Fishboy; Mark Pickerel and his Praying Hands; Nick Lowe and Elvis Costello; Various Artists; Danny Schmidt; Vampire Weekend; Joe Jackson

Bound and Tagged: Mary; Touching from a Distance: Ian Curtis and Joy Division

Of Reel Importance: Shine a Light; The Hammer; Juno; WEST VS. THE OSCARS '08: TWO MEN ENTER, ONE MAN LEAVES; Joe Strummer -- The Future is Unwritten; There Will Be Blood

Gilded Soapbox: New Purposes

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