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*Special* Feature: Making Art, Music, & Books in This Economy

The Live Scene: Flood Empty Lakes/Run Dan Run/The Explorers Club; Richard Thompson; Randy Newman

Core Samples: Neu Gestalt; Sonic Youth; Jill Sobule; Lily Allen; Metric; The Smithereens; Richard Shindell; Neko Case; Tom Alford; A.C. Newman; Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer; Eagles of Death Metal

Bound and Tagged: Poisoned Heart: I Married Dee Dee Ramone (The Ramones Years); Pictures of an Exhibitionist

Of Reel Importance: Star Trek; Milk; Gran Torino; Seven Pounds; The Day the Earth Stood Still; Quantum of Solace

Gilded Soapbox: Tube Tunes

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