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The Wizard of Goreby M. FaustI thought they’d discovered a new planet or something,” was Herschell Gordon Lewis’s initial reaction to people asking him if he’d seen Juno. To the contrary, he soon started getting a lot more comments from people who saw the popular Oscar-nominated film with its scenes in which Juno and the guy looking to adopt her baby bond over Lewis’s 1970 film The Wizard of Gore. |
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Tom Christy Talks About Being Ousted at LCTVby Geoff KellyLast week Lockport's public access cable TV channel, LCTV, bowed to political pressure and canceled Legislative Journal, the public affairs talk show hosted for the last 10 years by Tom Christy. Legislative Journal was the only television talk show in the region that focused on local politics and governance. |
News |
The Muddled Candidatesby Bruce FisherWelcome to the bravery season. |
Getting a Grip |
The Harder They Come, The Harder They Fallby Michael I. NimanTo put the Spitzer prostitution scandal into perspective, let me go back two decades to when I first started teaching college—back when Eliot Spitzer was a young upstart district attorney. I was teaching an alternative media course to, I always suspected, a class that included a number of potheads. |
The News, Briefly |
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Prelude to a Kiss-Offby Geoff Kelly |
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Schools for Scandalby Buck Quigley |
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Common Council Reportby Geoff Kelly |
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We've Got a Ticket to Rideby Peter Koch |
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Never Say Dieby Peter Koch |
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News |
News of the Weirdby Chuck ShepherdDakota Abbott, 16, edged Samantha Phillips, 17, to become Miss Outdoors 2008 in February in Maryland’s Eastern Shore region’s annual beauty-contest-and-muskrat-skinning festival. |
Puck Stop |
Please Don't Quit On Us!by Andrew Kulyk & Peter FarrellMost desperate teams will win playoff prize: Will it be the Buffalo Sabres? Is this team for real or are they just a tease? |
Film Reviews |
Taxi To The Dark Sideby George SaxTwo letters appeared in the Buffalo News the week I saw Taxi to the Dark Side. Both correspondents charged those who complain about the American government’s alleged authorization of torture in the interrogations of terror suspects and prisoners of war with naiveté and lack of patriotic feeling. |
Music |
SXSW 2008: Day Oneby Donny KutzbachPeople always ask what the experience is like, to which I respond, “Imagine what might be about lifetime of concerts and live gigs crammed into a week.” |
Food |
Lent is Over, Feed Me Nowby Patricia WatsonA Guide to Eating Well on Dyngus Day |
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On The Boards |
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Film Now Playing |
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Movie Times (Fri, Mar 21 - Thurs, Mar 27) |
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Calendar Spotlight |
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The Electric City Spectacular |
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Mae |
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Aids Wolf |
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Miracle Fortress |
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Langhorne Slim |
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See You There |
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AV Pick: Dyngus Daze Are Here Againby Eddy Dobosiewicz |
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Queen City Gallery 1st Anniversary Partyby Lucy Yau |
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"Five Years Too Many" Marchby Geoff Kelly |
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Enter The Haggisby Lara Reden |
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Lit Feature |
Introducing Flarfby Kaplan P. HarrisThe Flarf poets are coming to town. They are reading together on Good Friday. |
In The Margins |
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The Buffalo Small Press Book Fair Returns |
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Poetry |
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Book Review: My First Year in Purgatory |
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Lit City |
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Artshorts |
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Cause and Effectby Albert Chao |
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The Art of The Novel |
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Free Will Astrology |
by Rob BrezsnySAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): On the morning of May 4, 2004, film producer Rielle Hunter woke up to find herself, by her own admission, fully enlightened. Soon she had become “addicted to higher consciousness,” and was unable to get involved with anything unless it expanded her awareness. If such a sequence of events were ever going to occur for you, Sagittarius, it would start soon. |
Ask Anyone |
I have a friend who works on a security detail at a casino. My friend has problems with both drugs and gambling. I feel like someone needs to know about this, because it seems likely he’s going to get himself and his employer in big trouble. What do I do? |