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May. 21
Print Edition for the week of
May. 21 - 27, 2009
Vol. 9, No. 51
Wilder Schmaltz
News
Risky Business
Lents Gambles $42 Million on Stadium
by Sarah Mirk
Paper Trials
Ex-
Just Out
Staffers Fight for Unemployment Checks
by Sarah Mirk
Kroger vs. Racist Smog Monsters
Attorney General Fights for New Prosecution Powers
by Matt Davis
Hall Monitor
Total Recoil
by Matt Davis
Too Little, Too Late?
Governor Criticized for Economic Plans
by Matt Davis
In Other News
Music
A Field Guide to Sasquatch!
A Loyal and Honorable Scout's Guide to the Annual Sasquatch! Music Festival
by Ned Lannamann
Summertime Bros
Why Animal Collective Is the Perfect Soundtrack for Your Summer, and Beyond
by Eric Grandy
Joyful Reluctance
The Unseen Sounds of Black Moth Super Rainbow
by Ezra Ace Caraeff
Soft Fur and Sharp Claws
Grizzly Bear's Tangled Gossamer
by Ned Lannamann
Quantum Torpor
Melvins Evolve, Devolve
by Lance Chess
Up & Coming
Movies & TV
Big Boys Do Cry
Director James Toback Talks about
Tyson
by Marjorie Skinner
Reclaiming Quirk
The Gleefully Weird
Brothers Bloom
by Alison Hallett
Saved by the Bale
It's a Crappy Week to Be a Terminator Fan
by Erik Henriksen
Your Kids Won't Learn a Damn Thing!
Night at the Museum 2
: Big, Stupid, and Fun
by Ned Lannamann
Stuck in a Room
With Angry Men and Their Emotional Baggage in
12
by Courtney Ferguson
Geek Out
Fallout 3
: The Game That Keeps on Giving
by Earnest "Nex" Cavalli
Film Shorts
In which we hit it and quit it.
This Week on Television
Food and Drink
Focus, Grasshopper
Of Insects and Potential at Sushi Mazi
by Patrick Alan Coleman
Food News
Bar Whiplash, Beer, and Sammies
by Patrick Alan Coleman
Order Up
Do(ugh)nut Roundup
Books
A Cartographer's Delight
Reif Larsen Puts Himself on the Map with
The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet
by Kamala Puligandla
Three New Titles from Tin House
Quick Reviews of New Tin House Titles
by Alison Hallett
Theater & Performance
More Comedy, Less Manners
Modern Humor and Anxiety in CoHo's Excellent
The Uneasy Chair
by Alison Hallett
Slapstick and Stereotypes
The Dense, Provocative
The Shrunken Head of Pancho Villa
by Alison Hallett
It's a Family Affair
Hand2Mouth Gets Domesticated in
Everyone Who Looks Like You
by Andrew Stout
I, Anonymous
Stimulus Package
by Anonymous
Sold Out
Summertime Ease Is Back
by Marjorie Skinner
One Day at a Time
by Ann Romano
New Column!
Introducing Questionland
Letters
Letters to the Editor
Savage Love & Sex
Savage Love
Drunks at the Wheel
by Dan Savage
I Love Television
I Love Television™
Your Mental Health and You
by Wm. Steven Humphrey