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Feature
Smoked Tuna in the Can
He was the first big bust of the War on Drugs. That and two bits won't get you a cup of coffee.
By Brantley Hargrove
Published: June 19, 2008
Robert Platshorn was a hostage, all right, but you wouldn't have known it from the lush Caribbean scenery outside his hotel window. You wouldn't have figured it from his...
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News
Jack Don't Know Jack
Why will the right-wing crusader likely lose his license? Swastikas are just the start.
By Brantley Hargrove
Published: June 19, 2008
Jack Thompson looks nothing like 9/11 orchestrator Mohamed Atta. He wears a slick business suit and lives in a million-dollar home in Coral Gables. Yet the 56-year-old lawyer...
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Tailpipe
Vote for Voting
The Long March
As told to Edmund Newton
Published: June 19, 2008
The long, exhausting election season is beginning to seem to Tailpipe a lot like Napoleon's march on Moscow. No snow yet, maybe, but a grueling retreat for all the blow-dried...
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Music
Halftime Report
Taking a look at some of the most buzzed-about albums of the year
By Jonathan Cunningham
Published: June 19, 2008
It's hard to believe that 2008 is already halfway gone. There's no need to lament the New Year's resolutions you thought you'd keep; six months from now, we'll all be holiday...
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Short Cuts
Various artists
By Mark Keresman
Published: June 19, 2008
Even beyond his 1991 death, Miles Davis remains one of the world's most influential musicians and bandleaders. Davis impacted the jazz world first with his groundbreaking...
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Subtropical
Lil Wayne
By Ben Westhoff
Published: June 19, 2008
Destined to be a stoner classic, Tha Carter III should silence critics who think Lil Wayne can't make a cohesive album. His vision and self-confidence have improved...
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Live Wire
O Rappa
By Ernest Barteldes
Published: June 19, 2008
One could say that Jamaican singer Papa Winnie had a serendipitous hand in the creation of O Rappa, the Rio de Janeiro-based reggae/funk-rock band that performs this weekend in...
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Outtakes
Global Shakedown
No travel visa required on this global music voyage
By Jonathan Cunningham
Published: June 19, 2008
One of the joys of being a music critic is that every day, you get albums from all over the world. Every week, new music shows up in my mailbox from around the globe, and most...
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Pub Stalker
Coffee District
By Bryan Falla
Published: June 19, 2008
Coffee District has the neighborhood Starbuck's by the tea bags. To complement the District's constant flow of coffee, it's got a roomy floor plan, enough alcohol to sedate...
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Night Watch
The Horse Be With You
Luck blows in on a rain cloud
By Tara Nieuwesteeg
Published: June 19, 2008
My dad occasionally speaks of our family clan's unluckiness: "We never win anything." I've never asked why he thinks that, but knowing my eccentric assortment of relatives, I...
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Dish
From Israel, With Love
Who put the cranberries in my falafel?
By Gail Shepherd
Published: June 19, 2008
"In Israel, people came from all over the world," Ilan Cohen says. "So they brought their customs and flavors and kitchen dishes from Europe, from Morocco, from Greece. My...
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Film
Back... and Loving It
Get Smart redux is a rare device: a TV remake for the big screen that works on its own terms
By J. Hoberman
Published: June 19, 2008
As old Broadway shows are revived, new Broadway shows get spun from old movies so that new movies may be fashioned from ancient TV series. It's an iron law of the culture...
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Night & Day
Patron-ize Me
By John Linn
Published: June 19, 2008
The only thing smoother than acoustic jazz vixen Cat Shell’s steamy vocals? Fine, aged tequila. The two are pairing up together every Wednesday at MoQuila Mexican...
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Night & Day
Boba Bobble
By John Linn
Published: June 19, 2008
Bubble tea sure is some strange business — but damn good business at that. The Taiwanese treat is one part iced tea, one part milky smoothie, and one part chunky cocktail,...
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Night & Day
Rays Gun
By Sam Eifling
Published: June 19, 2008
It would be fair to call Tampa Bay and Florida the surprise teams of the American and National League, respectively, and for once it’s not because they returned after...
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Night & Day
The Reincarnated Do it Over and Over
By Jamie Laughlin
Published: June 19, 2008
It’s easy to be discouraged by the family you were born into, especially when your racist drunkle pops his dentures in and out during Thanksgiving dinner. But feeling mild...
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Night & Day
Rodents Never Say Die
By John Linn
Published: June 19, 2008
When indie stalwarts Modest Mouse signed on to tour with R.E.M. and the National this summer, music fans couldn’t have been happier. The bill carried with it the promise...
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Night & Day
Dancing, Down to a Science
By Terra Sullivan
Published: June 19, 2008
Ever wonder what would happen if your biology lab was transformed into a heated, sweaty dance party? At Dancelab, instructors dubbed “Danceologists,” use a scientific...
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Night & Day
99 Red Balloons
Plus one
By Penn Bullock
Published: June 19, 2008
Flight of the Red Balloon is a French movie by a Chinese filmmaker. It has nothing whatsoever to do with Nena’s “99 Red Balloons.” Rather, it’s a remake of...
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Night & Day
Stonewall: Now Even Prouder!
By Jamie Laughlin
Published: June 19, 2008
Sure, there have always been ancillary parties the week of Stonewall. The bars, clubs, and artist nooks lining Wilton Drive can be counted on for oodles of pride-packed...
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