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Ambush at Channel 5: One TV type gets a dose of her own hidden-camera-style investigation and finds it "uncool"
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Sex Edition
Our second-annual issue dedicated to all things sex.
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A college drop-out abandons a lucrative tech career for a life of inner-city poverty – and hopes to save an urban school district from oblivion
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How Not to Be a Rap Star
Flying high on Ecstasy, Grey Goose and his own hype, Paul Mussan blew through 100 G's in six months.
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Kansas City’s Corona Cantina #1 still has some problems to work out, but we’ll raise a few bottles to the concept
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Ambush at Channel 5: One TV type gets a dose of her own hidden-camera-style investigation and finds it "uncool" (21)
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Kansas City’s Corona Cantina #1 still has some problems to work out, but we’ll raise a few bottles to the concept (15)
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Booty Crawl (10)
We find our nemesis and a lot of booze during a Waldo bar hop.
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No one feels sorry for Councilman Terry Riley as much as Terry Riley (7)
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China Syndrome (7)
For a real immigration debate, just look at what happened when the Chinese invaded Mexico.
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Buckle Bunny Confidential: The Young Woman's Guide to Getting Down With Rocker Boys
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Tom Russell discusses his art, his music and why he doesn't sing about politics
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Eyes of the Betrayer
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Oh, Omé: This local cage fighter turned R&B singer thinks he knows how to treat a lady.
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Pickin' on Syd
Lawrence's the Gnomes channel the spirit of Syd Barrett
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Daily Briefs: Be Terrified For Your Kids; Funkhouser's Ambitions; Obama -- Now Even Blacker!
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Daily Briefs: Terrorists, Abortionists and Atheists
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News Flash: K-Snag Isn't Horrible
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Michael Bublé Musicans Tonight at River Market Brewery
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Bad News for a Local Musician at the News Room
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Local Guy Interviews (ex)Sex Pistol Glen Matlock
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Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris
All the Roadrunning (Warner Bros./Nonesuch)
By Roy Kasten
Published: June 1, 2006
Subject(s): Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris, All the Roadrunning
Emmylou Harris has made a career of saving the asses of lesser singers, but in Mark Knopfler, she faces a Herculean task. He's not a miserable vocalist; he's merely inconsequential, which isn't really a problem when you're one of the shrewdest guitar players ever to don a headband. The two recorded their first duet album in stolen moments over seven years, with Harris writing two tunes and Knopfler penning the rest. From the eerie Katrina premonition of "Beachcombing" to the Celtic rounder anthem of the title track, Knopfler raids the Anglo-American folk songbook for melodic and narrative form. The results are more personal than PBS, even when he's digging in a mine for diamonds (it's a metaphor) or just singing of wedded bliss on "This Is Us," a tune so catchy and trite it could be a Kodak jingle if it weren't for the dense layering of guitars. Building on the acoustic base and shadowy reverb of the Daniel Lanois mood-roots model, the pair aim for an expert, adult sound. And really, what's wrong with a record both you and your parents will love?
