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by Sal Viglietta
For the cover of My True Story, an autobiographical anthology of his work, cartoonist Manuel “Spain” Rodriguez used one of his many illustrations of a barroom brawl. This one is a real beauty, the royal rumble of bar fights. Bikers, truckers, a blonde frozen in mid-scream—everyone is either pummeling or about to get pummeled.
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by Ellen Przepasniak
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by George Sax
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by Charlotte Hsu
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by Geoff Kelly
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by Michael I. Niman
I love headlines like this—I couldn’t make this stuff up if I tried. This story begins last month at the G-20 economic summit in Pittsburgh, where finance ministers and leaders from the 20 richest nations met to scheme on how to prop up global capitalism for another year.
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by Andrew Kulyk & Peter Farrell
We’re just four games into the regular season, but one player is already turning heads as one of the most solid and exciting performers on this year’s team.
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by M. Faust
If comedy is ever outlawed, I don’t know what alternative line of work Paula Poundstone might go into. Presumably she wouldn’t want to go back to her old job at IHOP.
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by Donny Kutzbach
Though I’ve only been at it a few months, I’ve already found that there are certain elements required for the best execution of a Three Guys Walk Into a Bar column.
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Go Directly to Las Vegas. Collect $20,000. From Oct. 20-22 Richard Marinaccio, 26, of Snyder, will try to do just that. Marinaccio will represent the United States at the 2009 Monopoly World Championship and compete against champions from 40 other countries at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for the title of world’s best Monopoly player.
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by Jan Jezioro
The Buffalo Chamber Music Society launches its 86th season in the Mary Seaton Room of Kleinhans Music on Tuesday, October 20 at 8pm, with the gala concert appearance of the sextet known as Concertante.
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by M. Faust
2009 has been crammed with 40th anniversary celebrations, tributes, and remembrances: the first moonwalk, Woodstock, the Manson family murders, etc.
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by M. Faust
The Buffalo International Film festival kicks into high gear this week with two days of programming for Disney buffs, timed to coincide with the opening of the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco. Thursday features a screening of the documentary Walt and El Grupo, chronicling a visit by Disney and some of his staff to South America to research some films they were asked to produce by the US government.
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by George Sax
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by M. Faust
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Artvoice's weekly round-up of events to watch out for the week, including our editor's pick: The Artvoice B.O.O.M! First Round Quarter Final showdown at Nietzsche's on Friday night.
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by Chuck Shepherd
Beneath the luxury hotels on the Las Vegas Strip is a series of flood tunnels that are home to dozens of people who work odd jobs such as hustling leftover change in casino slot machines.
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by Francis Boots
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Buffalo has a large and diverse gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community. For further information about its numerous organizations and activities, visit Gaywatch at Artvoice.com, call the Western New York Pride Center (852-7743), or email WinterDanny@AOL.com.
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by Kathy Mecca
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by Bob Lovejoy
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by Rob Brezsny
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Were you ever a tiger in one of your past lives? If so, this would be an excellent time to tap into that power. If you have never lived the life of a tiger, would you be willing to imagine that you did?
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I have a friend with some really horrible breath, but I don’t know how to address the issue without hurting her feelings? I know that bad breath can have many causes; I don’t think that this is due from lack of brushing. Any suggestions?
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