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2009
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Dec. 24
Print Edition for the week of
Dec. 24 - 30, 2009
Vol. 10, No. 31
Shawn Wolfe
News
Bearly Legal
Strip Club Applicant Has Grizzly Past
by Sarah Mirk
Hall Monitor
Getting Carter
by Matt Davis
In the Shadows
Sewer Digger
by Sarah Mirk
Deporting Democracy
Get Out the Vote Activist Told to Get Out of the Country
by Sarah Mirk
In Other News
Music
The Year in Lists
2009. Five Records at a Time.
Once More with Feeling
My Top Five Albums of 2009
Our Town Could Be Your Life
by Cary Clarke
Up & Coming
Up & Coming
Movies & TV
The Women of
Nine
The Women Behind (and Under) the Man
by Alison Hallett
Rebooting Sherlock
Sherlock Homes
Is a Mumbling Mystery
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Pain and Perfection
A Single Man's
Grief (and Great Accessories)
by Marjorie Skinner
Enough About You
Broken Embraces
: Almodóvar on Almodóvar
by Marjorie Skinner
Save the Queen
The Young Victoria
: No Bodice-Ripping Here!
by Marjorie Skinner
Your Mom Will Love
It's Complicated
!
(No Disrespect to Your Mom Intended.)
by Alison Hallett
What Price, Dignity?
Or: How
Alvin and the Chipmunks 2
Made Me Hate Myself
by Zac Pennington
Hipster Decision-Making Revealed in
Uncertainty
!
Chalk One up for the Beautiful and Boring
by Alison Hallett
I'm Staying Home
Overlooked and Underappreciated
by Erik Henriksen
This Week on Television
Film Shorts
Food and Drink
Best of 2009
The Year of the Sandwich
by Patrick Alan Coleman
Visual Art
Experiencing the Artificial
Faking It with Ann Ploeger, Mary Frey, and Reiner Riedler
by Matt Stangel
Books
Reviewed:
Beasts of Burden
and
Chew
Two New Comics for Your Nerding Pleasure
by Alison Hallett
Feature
Breathe In
A Guide to Doing Different Types of Yoga—STONED
by Marjorie Skinner
Physically Fit, Visibly Drunk
A Guide to Being Healthy and Wasted in the New Year!
by Patrick Alan "Ironman" Coleman
Destination Fun
OUR NEW YEAR'S PARTY PICKS!
by Ali Reingold
OUR NEW YEAR'S PARTY PICKS!
by Ali Reingold
I, Anonymous
'Tis the Season to Be Sorry
by Anonymous
One Day at a Time
The Week in Review
by Ann Romano
New Column!
Letters
Letters to the Editor
Savage Love & Sex
Savage Love
Spanked by Strangers
by Dan Savage
I Love Television
I Love Television™
Christmas Witches
by Wm. Steven Humphrey