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- Issue of
- Sep 4-10, 2008
- Vol. 15, No. 47
News & Comment
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Home Economics
by BILL CROKE & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & T & lt;/span & he sun rises over the mountains and floods my room with light. I lie in bed and listen to the cooing of conspiring pigeons on the roof. I've lately moved from Cody, Wyo., to Salmon, Idaho. Cody, like othe
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Opening Films
by INLANDER STAFF & r & & r & BAGHEAD & r & & r & This indie horror flick -- of sorts -- is about aspiring filmmakers (some of whom are hot, promiscuous ladies) who go to a cabin in the woods to write the opus that will make them all famous. Things are going well unt
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The 'Wingnut' Way
The thing that got him riled up:
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The Player
by MARTY DEMAREST & r & & r & Too Human & r & Rated Teen; Xbox 360 & r & 2 Stars & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & T & lt;/span & oo Human opens with a CGI scene depicting an attack on a mead hall -- excuse me, futuristic "Valkyrie" nightclub -- by a robotic, buzz-saw-mawed monst
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Art on the Fence
by TAMMY MARSHALL & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & B & lt;/span & efore Tim Piper was a garden designer and a painter, he was a firefighter. Before that, he was in the military. And before that, he gave up a scholarship to the Pasadena Art Institute because his fath
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Now Playing
by THE INLANDER & r & & r & BABYLON A.D. & r & & r & It's a mad, mad Mad Max world in which Vin Diesel lives in the near future of Babylon A.D., and for 45 minutes or so, it's kinda riveting in an appalling way. Too bad the movie's 90 minutes long. Diesel's unappea
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Vertical Reach
Seattle's got 'em. Bellevue's got 'em. Even the Emirate of Dubai's got 'em. What do all these places have that Spokane doesn't? Tower cranes on the skyline.
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Book Review
by JOHN GROOMS & r & & r & Havana Nocturne & r & by T.J. English & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & W & lt;/span & e must be in a golden age of popular history writing, considering that some of the most engaging books of the past decade have been true tales we needed to know:
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DVD Review
Chicago 10: Speak Your Peace & r & & r & by DANIEL WALTERS & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & H & lt;/span & istorical documentaries usually play by a certain set of commandments. There shall be the requisite slow pans over faded photographs. There shall be interviews with
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Recently Reviewed
The Inlander Staff & r & & r & THE TWO-SEVEN PUBLIC HOUSE & r & & r & A new entrance, combined with rustic corrugated metal siding and stained wood timbers, gives the place the feel of a modern mountain lodge with a perfectly serviceable al fresco dining area. The
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A Beginning and an End
"Hangman Creek" received its name from an incident that took place 150 years ago this month in a little meadow 25 miles south of Spokane.
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Remote Possibilities
by BEN KROMER & r & & r & The Shield & r & & r & (Season seven begins on 9/2 on FX, iTunes) & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & A & lt;/span & t some point during the Bush administration, America got torture fever. We couldn't talk about it enough. Turns out the majority of peop
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Latin Heat
Place Boscan on a pitcher's mound, however, and voila!
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Fresh & amp;amp; Tasty
PUB Rib-stickin' Good & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & G & lt;/span & ood-looking construction-type guys at the bar, folks ranging in age from bouncy babies to seasoned seniors, and television screens galore for the place that claims "not a bad seat in the house." T
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Tale of the Tape
by LUKE BAUMGARTEN & r & & r & Rock & amp; Roll Jesus vs. Actual Jesus & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & L & lt;/span & ast October, when Kid Rock released Rock & amp; Roll Jesus, it was a not-so-subtle implication that he makes a better messiah for the 21st century than the guy wh
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CD Reviews
The Game & r & & r & L.A.X. & r & & r & 2 STARS & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & N & lt;/span & owadays the Game doesn't have a lot of pals. Count Jay-Z, Dr. Dre, 50 Cent and most of G-Unit among his detractors. So L.A.X., his third studio album, feels like a desperate, calcu
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Sound Advice
Thursday, 9/4 Beverly's (208-765-4000), Robert Vaughn Big Al's, DJ D-Ates Bluz at the Bend, Riverside Blues Bottoms Up (892-1778), DJ Fusion Brooklyn Nights, The Groo
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Bomb Garden
by LUKE BAUMGARTEN & r & & r & A Note on Control & r & & r & Last weekend, I was invited to a barbecue. "What should I bring?" I asked. "The music," came the reply, touching off a primal fear deep within me. It happens every time. Fear that, if the mix doesn't go o
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Done Wanderin'
by BLAIR JACKSON & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & I & lt;/span & t isn't easy being a Chosen One. Rootsy singer-songwriter Jackie Greene -- formerly a big fish in the relatively small pond of Sacramento who now lives in San Francisco -- has had great things expected o
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Mystery Mom
by ROBERT HEROLD & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & O & lt;/span & ver the Labor Day weekend we learned that Sarah Palin did a Pinocchio number when she claimed to have stood up to that granddaddy of all earmarks and told the federal government just what they could do
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Culture Warriors
by JEFF ECHERT & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & T & lt;/span & hose who practice the ancient art of 8-bit rock are no slouches. Though their instrumentation may be arcane and odd, though they may straight-up drop Konami Code references in track names, they are not t
Culture & Food
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- Arts & Culture
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Here Come the Bikes
How Spokane came to believe in the bicycle again.
Music & Film
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Bells and Thistles
by ANDREW MATSON & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & R & lt;/span & ock the Bells. It's the best hip-hop festival we've got, and the only problem with it is nostalgia. Which isn't necessarily a problem. This year's Rock the Bells headliners are A Tribe Called Quest and
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Cinematic Sandpoint
by LUKE BAUMGARTEN & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & W & lt;/span & e're still scratching our heads, two years later, over the renaming of Sandpoint's film festival to "Lakedance." When most of the hundreds of film festivals try desperately to set themselves apart, w