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2002
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May. 23
Print Edition for the week of
May. 23 - 29, 2002
Vol. 2, No. 50
www.whimsyload.com
Rodney Greenblat
News
SHUT UP AND BLEED
The Recently Downsized Frank Bures Decides to Make Money the Old-Fashioned Way...Selling His Body to Science
by Frank Bures
Move Along!
The Battle Begins Over City's Sit/Lie Ordinance
by Katia Dunn
Soul-Sucker
Katz Puts the City's Heart on the Auction Block
by Phil Busse
In Other News...
Music
Rock Chemistry
The Joggers Discover the True Meaning of Love
by Julianne Shepherd
Non-Alienating Art
Lofty Classical for the Proletariat
by Julianne Shepherd
Live Music Listings
Why Don't You Write About My BAND?
New Band Revue
Up & Coming
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Stay Awake
Insomnia is Great, Despite Robin Williams
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
No Laughing Here
The Psychology of the Sociopath
by Katie Shimer
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by Andrew Wright
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Baan Thai
by Paul Leschen
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by Karrin Ellertson
My, What a Busy Week!
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Nomy Lamm
by Katia Dunn
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The Bad Infinity
Theater Review
by Justin Sanders
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I Love Television
You've Got a Friend
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
I, Anonymous
Who's the Idiot: You or Me?
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by Ann Romano
New Column!
Frank Cassano's Imbecile Parade!
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