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41. Critic's Choice

    Ultra Music Contest

    Published: January 24, 2008

    Friday, January 25, is the deadline for The Pitch Ultra Music DJ Contest submissions. Send us a mix of you at your best, and we'll put you in the running to be one of five...

42. Spin Cycle

    Murderbot

    By Chris Milbourn

    Published: January 24, 2008

    “Bloodclot” by Murderbot DJ and producer Murderbot is the latest in a never-ending line of diamond-in-the-rough musicians who have flown the KC coop. Chrissy Marie,...

43. CD Reviews

    Able Baker Fox

    Voices
    (Second Nature)

    By Andrew Miller

    Published: January 24, 2008

    “October” by Able Baker Fox, from Voices Back in 2002, Kansas City's Casket Lottery released a collaborative split EP with the Michigan band Small Brown Bike. Able...

44. Critic's Choice

    Blood on the Wall

    By Richard Gintowt

    Published: January 24, 2008

    “Mary Susan” by Blood on the Wall On the Pixies' best days, it seemed as though Black Francis and Kim Deal were joined at the hip (a painful idea, given the former's...

45. Critic's Choice

    The Mars Volta

    By Andrew Miller

    Published: January 24, 2008

    "Wax Simulacra," the lead single from the Mars Volta's upcoming The Bedlam in Goliath (out January 29), terrifies progheads who treasure the California octet's sprawling...

46. Cafe

    Respect Your Mama's

    After Mama's 39th Street Diner moved into the old Nichols Lunch, anything would have been an improvement.

    By Charles Ferruzza

    Published: January 24, 2008

    I had mixed feelings when I heard that Jan Imber and Ira Auerbach, the hardworking couple who had turned a dreary Subway sandwich joint on 39th Street into the wildly popular...

47. Fat Mouth

    Old Spaces, New Faces

    Mama's isn't the only hallowed spot that could use some mothering.

    By Charles Ferruzza

    Published: January 24, 2008

    Now that the legendary Nichols Lunch has been given both a new life — as Mama's 39th Street Diner — and a facelift only slightly less dramatic than the one that...

48. Film

    Import Nights

    The wait for these movies is over.

    Published: January 24, 2008

    Tivoli Cinemas goes around the world in 708 minutes from January 25 through January 31, when the theater screens the seven movies reviewed below, which come from different...

49. Film

    Breaking! Kids Coming of Age at Sundance 2008!

    Familiar themes still flood the festival zone, but a couple of gems manage to shine through.

    By SCOTT FOUNDAS

    Published: January 24, 2008

    "How does this compare to other film festivals, like Cannes?" asked an inquisitive woman seated next to me at a screening on the first Saturday morning of this year's Sundance...

50. Art

    Wallpaper This

    A closer look reveals there's more to a Josh George painting than paint.

    By Dana Self

    Published: January 24, 2008

    Josh George's paintings may seem to be simple figures and cityscapes. They can feel like illustrations, and the figures sometimes seem stylized and cartoonlike. But they're not...

51. Stage

    Sacred Ground

    The Unicorn gets its House in order, and Samuel Beckett books a room nearby.

    By Alan Scherstuhl

    Published: January 24, 2008

    A cardinal truth of American life: Scratch the present, and the past bleeds through. This was proved yet again in 2002, in history-ennobled yet racially troubled Philadelphia,...

52. What Else Is New?

    Our top DVD picks scheduled for release this week:

    Published: January 24, 2008

    America! The Complete Series (RHI) Barney Miller: The Complete Second Season (Sony) Best Actress Collection (Fox) Best Picture Academy Award Winners Collection (Fox) Blonde...

53. Game On

    Axes to Grind

    The Guitar Hero frenzy careens toward overkill.

    By Chris Ward

    Published: January 24, 2008

    There's a point at which every fad overstays its welcome. Could it be that Guitar Hero is already just a sour note from being booed out of America's living room? For evidence,...

54. DVDish

    Super, Thanks for Asking

    By Robert Wilonsky and Jordan Harper

    Published: January 24, 2008

    Confessions of a Superhero (Arts Alliance) As one of those quoted on the package ("A more beautiful documentary you're unlikely to find"), I can only reiterate my earlier...