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HOROSCOPE
Astromat for August 26 - September 1
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SORE THUMBS: Madden Scores Another TD
Kim Possible 2 a great platformer with fun moves
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ANACONDAS: THE HUNT FOR THE BLOOD ORCHID
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Excuse Me, Is that an Often Frowned-Upon Sex Act You're Talking About, or Are You Singing a Frank Zappa Song?
The School of Rock guy and his latest graduating class put on a hell of a show in Vegas
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SCREEN
SUSPECT ZERO
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MYSTIC MONA: Rinse It Out
Salon gig is a sham. Poo on it!
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A & E
All the Arts + Entertainment You Can Eat
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GRAY MATTERS
News, observations, stray thoughts + medically supervised brain drainings about our city
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NOISE
Toby Keith vs. David Byrne
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What Will Be Our 'Macarena' Now?
With no single song owning this summer, our writers give it up for the tunes that defined the season for them
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DIGITAL TONY: DJ Hilton?!
We're afraid to ask what's next
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INTIMATE STRANGERS
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Once Upon a Time in China
Hero finds beauty in violence
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FESTIVAL EXPRESS
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The Pledge
Two very different men, two days. Destiny is a funny thing.
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TASTE: Life Is a Carnival
Rio's new buffet a global gourmand's delight
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THE CONSUMER: Panties To Your Door
Love Jones goes a step beyond in customer service
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BAR EXAM: Goodbye, Old Friend
We scarcely knew ye
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WINK: My Friend Who Could Be More
Lessons learned from childhood come rushing back
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A Few Minutes with Ralph
The gadfly presidential candidate buzzes the Democratic Party establishment, en route to alighting in Nevada
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In the Dead Zone
At death scenes and in the coroner's office, David Renzi explores the lives of people who deal with death
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This Crisis Didn't Sneak Up on Us
The dismal state of mental-health services in Southern Nevada
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SOUNDCHECK: Well, Isn't That Super
213 is no supergroup
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NOISE: Pseu-Pseu-Pseudio
We get a few minutes with Phil Collins!
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NOISE: Mavis Staples,
her two sisters and Pops created such classics as 'I'll Take You There,' 'Stand By Me' and 'Let's Do It Again'
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We Meet Again ...
Moncrief and McDonald, face to face (sorta)
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OK, Now Take Your Hand and Feel This
My first autopsy
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SCREEN
TOUCH OF PINK
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Slipped Discs
Murray Sawchuk is a CD kind of guy
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SCREEN
WE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE
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EDITOR'S NOTE
Working the Dead Beat
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FINE ART: Creating For Justice
Exhibit shines light on unsolved Mexican murders
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NOISE: Alan Parson's New Project
Prog-rockster turns to electronica
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LETTERS
Mash Notes, Hate Mail, Urgent Communiqués, Secret Messages, Thesis Pieces
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Bag Ladies Gone Wild!
Are we the homeless-abuse film capital of the world or what?
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A DAY WITHOUT A MEXICAN
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EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING
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THEATER: The Inquisition, What a Show!
La Mancha slays 'em
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The Hidden Truth
Our new gossip columnist reports on the book launch of their old gossip columnist
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WINK: Left Out in the Cold
Why did I agree to fix him up with the sexy seductress?
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NOISE: Wynonna
By The Numbers
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THE CONSUMER: Vintage Vegas
Get your history now before it's all gone
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Summers Off? Not When You're Carlos Garcia
There's no off-season when you're the embattled leader of the nation's fifth-largest school district, and another tough year is about to begin
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GARDEN STATE
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SCREEN
WITHOUT A PADDLE
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SCREEN
MARIA FULL OF GRACE
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SCREEN
RIDING GIANTS
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Shark Tale
Open Water is scarier in theory
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A Zoo, a Theme Park and a New Investment Company
Another attempt to diversify local entertainment
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NOISE: The King Who Would Crown a President
Carole King brings her music—and politics—to town
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Happy Campers Again
David Lowery is glad to be back at work
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SCREEN
ALIEN VS. PREDATOR
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DIGITAL TONY: Get Stuffed
Magazine's annual weekend studded with stars
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Is Gay Vegas Coming Out?
New businesses and a growing community signal rejuvenation in the local gay scene
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SCREEN
THE BLIND SWORDSMAN: ZATOICHI
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NOISE: Lost in Inter-Galactic Translation
With Galactic's Jeff Raines by our side, we crack the rock-critic code
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True Confections
10 Great Desserts
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LETTERS
Mash Notes, Hate Mail, Urgent Communiqués, Secret Messages, Thesis Pieces
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No More Horsing Around
Users of dog-and-horse park are growling, again, over unwanted changes
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SORE THUMBS: Rainbow Six Ups the Ante
Hamster Olympics surprisingly fun in Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Games
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On Beauty, Vegas, Yoga and Latin Girls
What you learn at the apartment pool
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MYSTIC MONA: 'Short-cutting' Won't Cut It
Reader is scared, lonely and miserable—but doesn't have to be
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CULTURE CLUB: Where Have All the Facts Gone?
In today's mediasphere, analysts and acolytes slug it out for our hearts and minds
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GRAY MATTERS
News, observations, stray thoughts + medically supervised brain drainings about our city
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A & E
All the Arts + Entertainment You Can Eat
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HOROSCOPE
Astromat for August 19 - 25
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BENJI: OFF THE LEASH!
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TASTE: 99 Bottles of Wine On The Wall
Milo's Best Cellars a surprising find in Boulder City
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Not from Around Here
Vegas can irritate and bedevil the newcomer. This writer happens to have a list
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Big Thomas & Mack Attack
For Democrats seeking electoral deliverance, John Kerry is water in the desert
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The Burden of Hotness
Jana Speaker is more than just T&A
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BAR EXAM: Another Day at The Office
Humanity might seem down, but don't count it out yet
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NOISE: Put Back Into Your Place
Queen musical promises 'We will, we will rock you'
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FEEDBACK
Van Halen (3 stars) — August 6, Mandalay Bay Events Center
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No Place Like Home
Except in every other indie movie
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I'LL SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD
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Youthful Titillation! Cheap Movies! A Place to Get Your Hair Big! ...
... And Seven Other Unforgettable Cultural Touchstones from Growing Up in Vegas
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A & E
All the Arts + Entertainment You Can Eat
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MYSTIC MONA: The Missouri Breaks
Fate cancels date with 'show-me' state
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SORE THUMBS: Su-Su-Sudeki
Wonky combat mars beautiful visuals
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MOVIEBOX
What else to watch
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LETTERS
Fair and Balanced
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Book, Yes. Worm? Depends on Your Point of View
Dismissed CCSN professor aims, fires at former employer in his new book
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Tax and Spend for a New Millennium!
John Kerry's bankrupting vision
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HOROSCOPE
Astromat for August 12 - 18
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Who Is Janet Moncrief?
Since the recently indicted Ward 1 councilwoman isn't talking, we set out to answer the question ourselves.
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THE CONSUMER: Buy Now and Hoard
The dilemma of seasonal styles in a land without seasons
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SCREEN
THE PRINCESS DIARIES 2: ROYAL ENGAGEMENT
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WINK: Friendly Fire
Do I really want to set him up with her?
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GRAY MATTERS
News, observations, stray thoughts + medically supervised brain drainings about our city
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TASTE: A New Age of Mexican Cuisine
Isla's Chef Richard Sandoval brings Mex revolution to Vegas
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NOISE: Culture Clash
Reggae legend Burning Spear comes to town—and makes for an at-times confusing interview
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NOISE: A Band Apart
Incubus find success by subverting expectations
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Celebrity Stories
The Big Stars Sell Books
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SOUNDCHECK: Rod Shined With Faces
Megadeth reissues highlight creative peak
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FINE ART: Head West
Two visions, two shows
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DIGITAL TONY: Soothing the Savage Beast
The scene's summertime soundtrack
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YU-GI-OH!
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Justice Observed
The 311 Boyz and Binion suspects wrangle with justice during one busy day at the County Courthouse
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NOISE: Tongue in Cheeks
After surviving tragedy, party rapper ready to have fun again
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High Collateral
Under Michael Mann's direction, Cruise and Foxx shine
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EDITOR'S NOTE
A New Look
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NOISE: Out of the Shadows
Shadows Fall lead a new pack of American metal purists
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Moving Past the Burrito
Pink Taco offers easy introduction to Mexican cuisine
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IN PRINT: I, Bubba
Bill Clinton's legendary appetites yield a memoir that leaves the reader stuffed, yet not sated
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SOUNDCHECK: Expectations Unmet
PJ Harvey tepid, Jadakiss waters himself down
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DIGITAL TONY: A Bucket of Ice
Metaclub is on a roll
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A & E
All the Arts and Entertainment You Can Eat
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CULTURE CLUB: Say What You Will
Ronstadt, free speech, conservatism and ... Thailand?
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SORE THUMBS: I Play a Symphonia
New RPG for GameCube rivals Final Fantasy
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LITTLE BLACK BOOK
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A Story That Brings Chess, John Kerry and Local Politics Together in a Garage in North Las Vegas
An afternoon with political maverick and incessant thinker Stan Vaughan
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NOISE: Continuing What They Started
Van Halen rises above their history to keep the music alive
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GRAY MATTERS
A gathering of news, observations, stray thoughts and medically supervised brain drainings about our city.
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Innocence Lost
At a Star Trek convention? Yes, of course. Where else?
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LETTERS
Security Concerns
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Garage Night
Chasing ironic values at the Gallery Au Go-Go's midnight sale
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Done My Time
Will Nevada Always Be Tough on Ex-Felons?
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MYSTIC MONA: Lady-Bugged
Stability and financial security—is that too much to ask?
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HOROSCOPE
Astromat for August 5 - 11
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ROBOT STORIES
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WINK: Who's Jealous Now?
We're just friends, but ...
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Test Market Theater Will Not Beg for Your Attention
This avant-garde company won't compromise its soul to meet box-office goals. Long live naked rabbis, satanic worshippers and metaphors with legs!
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Goodbye, Snake Man. Farewell, Bird Guy. I'll Miss You Most of All, Monkey Artist!
Fremont Street Experience cleans up vendors
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FINE ART: Go Figure
Artist Phyllis Sloane's long career is rich in various kinds of figurative work
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Fan Man
Local inventor's product blows—in a good (clean) way
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Behind the Comedy
Four Serious Lessons About the Funny Business in Las Vegas
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THE CONSUMER: The Sole of the Matter
Sneakers, tennies or runners; it's all good