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OH, BOY

Nicknames are tricky things, since they tend to stick with you long after you want them to. Case in point: an,intriguing gravestone in Forest Hill Cemetery. We didn’t know Harold E. Harvey, but we assume he was a nice fellow, perhaps rather large in girth, and his pals bestowed a friendly nickname on him during […]

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thursday, 12

BOOKSIGNING BY TINA BARR. Author will sign Red Land, Black Land, about her experiences in Cairo, Egypt. Burke’s Book Store. 1719 Poplar (278-7484). 5-6:30 p.m. DISNEY ON ICE. Princess Classics. Seven of Disney’s princesses, including Cinderella and Mulan, will be included in this all-new performance. The Pyramid. Thursday through Sunday.

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FROM THE MAILROOM

A recent e-mail to the Flyer alerted us to — well, we re not sure exactly, but clearly, somebody is upset about something, and it looks like those pesky Monarchists are causing trouble again. At least, we think so: “All else has failed in Ray Halbritter s cover-up; so now, as many other Monarchists have […]

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FROM THE MAILROOM

A recent e-mail to the Flyer alerted us to — well, we re not sure exactly, but clearly, somebody is upset about something, and it looks like those pesky Monarchists are causing trouble again. At least, we think so: “All else has failed in Ray Halbritter s cover-up; so now, as many other Monarchists have […]

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FASCIST FASHIONS

FASCIST FASHIONS A story that originated in the Los Angeles Times reported that Target stores were pulling from their shelves all clothing carrying the logo 88 and Eight-Eight after store management became aware that the numbers are supposedly neo-Nazi code for Heil Hitler. Rumor has it, however, that Target hopes their new line of 666 […]

Posted inMusic, Record Reviews

Short Cuts

Lord Willin’, Clipse (Star Trak/Arista) Eve-olution, Eve (Interscope) Normally, I dismiss sky-is-falling protestations from other music critics, but there’s no way around the conclusion that 2002 thus far has been the worst year for pop music in recent memory, and perhaps no corner of the pop landscape is as in the doldrums as hip hop, […]

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GEE WHIZ

A recent AP story reported on the plight of workers at the Jim Beam bourbon distillery in Clermont, Kentucky, who are now being restricted to just four bathroom breaks per eight-hour shift. Workers on the bottling line who violate the policy can be fired, and the story reported that Jim Beam employees have even urinated […]

Posted inFilm Features, Film/TV

Only Human

The Good Girl, the second film from the writer/director team of Mike White and Miguel Arteta (following the minor cult hit Chuck & Buck), is a well-intentioned if overly familiar bit of Americana, like American Beauty as faded suburban noir. Friends‘ Jennifer Aniston stars as Retail Rodeo clerk Justine in what would be the Edward […]

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Short Cuts

We Love Life, Pulp (Island) Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker knows how to do one thing really, really well: be Jarvis Cocker. This is the public agitator who made world news (and secured a hell of a lot of press for his band) by attempting to physically attack Michael Jackson during a British awards ceremony and […]

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Sound Advice

“I don’t know if I can pull this off,” says Jeffrey Evans on his live album I’ve Lived a Rich Life. “I don’t know if my maturity will let me.” What the onetime Gibson Brother and driving force behind trash-rock heroes ’68 Comeback is doubting is his ability to play a rockabilly lick the way […]

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