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1. Feature

   Simon Says

   Motivational speaker Russell Simon made a career out of imploring teens to steer clear of drugs and alcohol. So why did he go on a drunken, meth-fueled rampage?

   By Matt Snyders

   Published: September 24, 2008

   Russell Simon didn't look like a thrice-convicted felon. With his gelled, spiked hair, hardy build, and cocksure cadence, he more closely resembled a high school football...

2. A-List

   House of Mercy

   By Jessica Chapman

   Published: September 24, 2008

   Spend this Sunday with House of Mercy. Errant churchgoers: Some flimsy logic might even weasel you out of your regular Sunday-morning obligations. To the rest of you frothy,...

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   Kelly Rossum

   By Rick Mason

   Published: September 24, 2008

   As distinctive for his Mohawk coif as for his intelligent, endlessly eclectic, thoroughly modern jazz, trumpeter Kelly Rossum is seemingly everywhere on the local jazz scene,...

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   Baroness

   By Cecile Cloutier

   Published: September 24, 2008

   It's tired to say this, but I'm tired and I'm going to say it: Baroness's The Red Album (Relapse) is an old-school headphones album par excellence—if such things still...

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   The Wedding Present

   By Peter S. Scholtes

   Published: September 24, 2008

   Fans who go to the Clean or the Go-Betweens for love might go to the Wedding Present for infidelity: Singer-songwriter David Gedge is the Robert Cray of indie pop, and two...

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   Sigur Ros

   By Jessica Chapman

   Published: September 24, 2008

   This is not a trick question or a joke: How many bands does the average person know that sing primarily in a language other than their own? Icelandic indie "dream pop" act...

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   CANCELED: Mogwai

   By Ray Cummings

   Published: September 24, 2008

   Mogwai have come a long, long way since emerging from Scotland in the mid-1990s as a self-declared antidote to Britpop--remember those controversial "Blur is Shite" tees? Back...

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   Steve Lerach

   By Jessica Armbruster

   Published: September 24, 2008

   Those familiar with the tales of Anthony Bourdain know that the restaurant business is intense work. In Fried: Surviving Two Centuries in Restaurants, ex-chef and current...

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   Free Verse: The Flarf Collective

   By William Alexander

   Published: September 24, 2008

   The 21st century has been a bit of a disappointment so far. We were supposed to have flying cars by now, and robot sidekicks. This new-ish millennium has, however, provided at...

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    Black Master Storytellers' Festival: Signifyin' & Testifyin

    By Ward Rubrecht

    Published: September 24, 2008

    The natural state of any oral tradition is one of flux, as each generation retools the myths of its forebears to illuminate and examine issues of its present day. Nowhere has...

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    Black Master Storytellers' Festival: Signifying and Testifyin

    By Ward Rubrecht

    Published: September 24, 2008

    The natural state of any oral tradition is one of flux, as each generation retools the myths of its forebears to illuminate and examine issues of its present day. Nowhere has...

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    Black Master Storytellers Festival: Signifyin' & Testifyin

    By Ward Rubrecht

    Published: September 24, 2008

    The natural state of any oral tradition is one of flux, as each generation retools the myths of its forebears to illuminate and examine issues of its present day. Nowhere has...

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    St. Paul Almanac Release Party and Fundraiser

    By Bridgette Reinsmoen

    Published: September 24, 2008

    With rare exceptions, like, say, when there's a political convention in town, St. Paul tends to get the short shrift from the media. While Minneapolis gets all the attention,...

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    Shafer Corn Maze

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: September 24, 2008

    While pretty much every other local corn farm is reaping a state record-size harvest this summer of around 1.2 billion bushels, a couple of farms are growing revenue from the...

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    Black Forest Inn Oktoberfest

    By Jessica Armbruster

    Published: September 24, 2008

    The original Oktoberfest was held in Munich in Bavaria, Germany, on October 12, 1810. An epic German celebration, it marked the marriage of Prince Ludwig (later King) and...

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    Sever's Corn Maze

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: September 24, 2008

    While pretty much every other local corn farm is reaping a state record-size harvest this summer of around 1.2 billion bushels, a couple of farms are growing revenue from the...

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    Robin Williams

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: September 24, 2008

    Dear Robin Williams: It's been a wild ride, old chum. You first captured the adoring public's heart as the zany alien Mork in Happy Days and Mork and Mindy. You joked your way...

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    Benny Green & Bucky Pizzarelli

    By Rick Mason

    Published: September 24, 2008

    The smart collaboration—reportedly the first ever—between pianist Benny Green and guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli at the Dakota in August was so successful that they...

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    Schoolgirls and Mobilesuits: Culture and Creation in Manga and Anime

    By Jackie Varriano

    Published: September 24, 2008

    It's the most wonderful time of the year, for fans of anime, at least. The seventh annual Schoolgirls and Mobilesuits: Culture and Creation in Manga and Anime is set to begin....

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    Steve Lerach

    By Jessica Armbruster

    Published: September 24, 2008

    Those familiar with the tales of Anthony Bourdain know that the restaurant business is intense work. In Fried: Surviving Two Centuries in Restaurants, ex-chef and current...