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Sports/Outdoors
Cards' new coach debuts at home
Craig Wallach and Joe Watson
Sat 8/21
Existence, the Buddha says, is suffering; proof positive according to students of Eastern mysticism that he spends his Sundays moonlighting as an Arizona Cardinals...
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Listen Up
Death by Salt: A SLUG Magazine Compilation (Eighteen Percent Gray Records)
Niki D'Andrea
What comes to mind when you think of Salt Lake City, Utah? Luxurious homes, looming Mormon tabernacles, men with multiple wives and a dozen little kids, all laughing and...
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See/Be Seen
CATS members enjoy the high life
By Joe Watson
Sat 8/21
Vertical proficiency isn't all it's cracked up to be. Just think of all the comforts average-height folks enjoy -- waste-level countertops, overhead shower heads and,...
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Listen Up
Kiss & Tell (RCA)
Mikael Wood
These Swedish Jennie bombs came to American attention in 2002 as the female counterpart to the Hives, whose front man Howlin' Pelle Almqvist dates lead Hotnight Maria...
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Performance
Scorpion City goes radio gaga
By C. Murphy Hebert, Benjamin Leatherman and Joe Watson
Thu 8/19
Radio drama? These days, there isn't much, unless Rush Limbaugh's bout with OxyContin counts as dramatic fare. But there was a time -- in the 1930s and '40s -- when...
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Listen Up
A Girl Called Eddy (Anti)
j. poet
Erin Moran, a.k.a. A Girl Called Eddy, must have one heck of a record collection. This set echoes everything that made pop music exciting 40 years ago; think Burt Bacharach...
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What's Selling
Top 10 selling CDs at Zia Record Exchange (3851 East Thunderbird Road) for the week of August 8 through 14:
1. Taking Back Sunday, Where You Want to Be (Victory)
2....
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Live Wire
Extreme metal on tour
Chris Parker
Boasting a pair of members from metalcore/noise rock pioneers Today Is the Day, Atlanta's Mastodon follows a similar path, breaking the death-metal mold with unusual time...
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Live Wire
Another summer, another tour
Christina Fuoco
When the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia died in 1995, patchouli-scented fans tapped the Dave Matthews Band to fill his shoes. Since then, DMB's career has waxed and waned....
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Live Wire
City of Brotherly Love's favorite sons
Marah is a jangly, soulful, gritty, streetwise roots-rock outfit from Philadelphia with a number of friends in high places, some of them better for business than others. Bruce...
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Live Wire
A double dip for CVB
Chris Parker
The very essence of wacky irreverence, Camper Van Beethoven created music like sonic Unabombers, lobbing folk-inflected conundrums into the marketplace. Whether penning a...
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Live Wire
Ode to VH1
Michael Alan Goldberg
Where would we be without VH1? How could we possibly live without being hipped to the celebrity trend of "butt facials," watching vegan reality-show contestants spar with Ted...
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Live Wire
Experimental sounds run rampant
Jessie Nelson
Xiu Xiu's emotionally charged synth-pop finds comfort in '80s music and late-20th-century composers, and finds inspiration in art-rock "do this or die" ideals. On its latest...
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Turntable
THURSDAY 19
Acme Roadhouse: DJ J. Alan (house)
Acme Bar & Grill: DJR (all genres)
Ain't Nobody's Bizness: DJ Suzy (Top 40, hip-hop)
Anderson's Fifth Estate: Panic! Back...
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Needle Exchange
Brendan Joel Kelley and Michele Laudig
Looking for a good time this weekend? For a smorgasbord of eclectic dance ferocity, check out the impressively titled diverCITY (City Sounds: Let the Music Move You) party...
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