Sutton Impact
Mary Cheney's Non-Political Baby Shower
by Ward Sutton

Have a Nice Flight
Boeing helps CIA fly kidnapped suspects abroad for torture.
by Nat Hentoff

Frat Boys as Activists?
This week's letters

Runnin' Scared
Of Mice and Councilmen
Notes on Super Bowl XLI: Apparently, God Hates The Bears
"Plucky" Molly Muzzled From the Grave

La Dolce Musto
Hayden Christensen's a Hetero?
by Michael Musto

Counter Culture
Beefin' Burgers
Our intrepid critic stuffs his face with the latest examples.
by Robert Sietsema

Liquid City
Old Bars Meet Luxe Condos
by Corina Zappia

Inside the Guide: music; art; events; activism; video games; free; and more.

FEATURED EVENTS
Havidol: When More is Not Enough
Are you in perfect health? Do you feel happy every morning and content with life? Well, Justine Cooper's little blue pill, Havidol, is the cure . . .read more

Winter Jam 2007
Unless there's a heat wave or something (which wouldn't be too strange these days), some of the biggest names in professional snowboarding will be ripping shit up in Manhattan this week during Winter Jam 2007. . . .read more

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Savage Love
Beware the Karmic Rule of Kink
by Dan Savage

Fly Life Gallery
Lady Sovereign, Fashion Follower
Itty-bitty UK rapper plays for thread-rich crowd, 02.03.2007.
by Tricia Romano

Pucker Up
Dangerous Dildos, Part 1
In an unregulated industry, can sex toys be toxic?
by Tristan Taormino

Daily Rockie Horoscope
by Rockie

Free Will Astrology
by Rob Brezsny

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Uncle LD's High Bias
Spazz and What?
Tracks from the nether regions of Pazz & Jop.
by LD Beghtol

Living With War
by Rob Harvilla

King of Wreck
Hiphop can never die so long as Bob Dylan-with story in his voice. and lust in his eyes-is alive
by Greg Tate

The Polyphonic We
Critics were simply flabbergasted by harmonies in 2006, but we all needed them.
by Christopher R. Weingarten

Reasons to Be Cheerful (Just Three)
If 2006's musical slate seems bleak, just look to the occasionally goofy but still exhilarating extremes.
by Simon Reynolds

Insanity and Other Mutations
Hiphop's future is cloudier, but not necessarily darker.
by Miles Marshall Lewis

How to Be an American Idiot
The Internet may eventually kill "the album" as a concept, but 2006 kept the concept album alive.
by Garrett Kamps

Milk-Eyed and Heaven-Bound
Joanna and Neko storm the Top 10 with dancing bears and several trips to the river.
by Makkada B. Selah

Mission Accomplished
The Chicks lost the battle but won the war we're still losing.
by Chris Neal

The Sheep Take a Buffalo Stance
Critics' polls have evolved and arguably withered lately, but at least we didn't vote for Timbuk 3.
by Chris Ott

Ancient Maneaters of the Future
The year's best-selling album made mass culture sound vapid; the year's hottest auteur made vapidity sound transcendent.
by Tom Breihan

Bob, Barkley, and Beyond: The Top 20
The poll's upper echelons drive us crazy, or at least drive us to drink.

God Grew Tired of Us
Record-store eulogies, blogger angst, and other symptoms of a dying industry.

You Can't Compete With Babes
A few unkind words for us with regards to Pazz & Jop's patriarch.

Politics, Provocations, Eulogies
Accepting the things we cannot change and raising hell about the rest.

One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even These
Random obsessions and vexations, born of both young tyros and inexplicably still-rocking old people.

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Edie Made Easy
Queen of the Factory gets a dull biopic.
Nathan Lee reviews Factory Girl

Stasi Cinema
Two films-one sentimental, the other stark-look back on East Berlin's culture of suspicion and surveillance.
J. Hoberman reviews The Lives of Others; The Decomposition of the Soul

The Cine Phile
Lights! Camera! Chaos!
Whitney's series lacks focus; Anthology's got it.
by J. Hoberman

Holland Days
Rotterdam report: Film fest hearts 16mm.
by Ed Halter

Plus: The Messengers; The Last Sin Eater; and much more.

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The Biggest Picture
A group show takes a trip through grand visions and imaginary universes
by Jerry Saltz

Into the Fray
Chelsea morning: A gallery makes its mark
by Jerry Saltz

Best in Show
When the Fur Flies
R. C. Baker's gallery picks

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