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The New Dealer
With Spitzer at the table, Pataki's casino cronies pull an inside straight
Cover Story by Tom Robbins

The notion of Catskills casinos has been bandied about for so long it has started to rival Rip van Winkle as a favorite local myth. Read more. . .

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The NYPD has a long-standing reputation for its "excessive" surveillance. Now more than ever.
Sharing in the Gory
Already a pariah, ex-AsianWeek columnist Kenneth Eng goes even lower
Runnin' Scared by Chloé A. Hilliard
Moving (to the Suburbs)
The Fountains of Wayne's commuter rhapsodies cry out for an alternate route
Down in Front by Rob Harvilla
Male Parts, Female Parts--Parts for Everyone
Not only in Lady Chatterley, but also in Lake's and Polley's latest. (And even a role for tiny me.)
La Dolce Musto by Michael Musto
Bomb It
Talking tags with graffiti docmaker Jon Reiss
Tribeca Spotlight by Camille Dodero


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Give Me Liberty
Blue Wall of Lawlessness
The NYPD has a long-standing reputation for its "excessive" surveillance. Now more than ever.
by Nat Hentoff

Press Clips
Having Won a Pulitzer for Exposing Data Mining, Times Now Eager to do its Own Data Mining.
by Keach Hagey

Runnin' Scared
Sharing in the Gory
Already a pariah ex-AsianWeek columnist, Kenneth Eng goes even lower.
by Chloé A. Hilliard

Debunkers Strike Out
It's a swing and a miss for the attempts to tear down a Jackie Robinson moment immortalized in a Brooklyn statue.
by Allen Barra

The Conquering Hoard
Sniffing out animal lovers who care too much.
by Kristen Lombardi

La Dolce Musto
The Year's Artiest Sex Flick
by Michael Musto

< b>Counter Culture
Tonguing the Devil
East Village Japanese offers unusual home-style delicacies.
by Robert Sietsema

Frockstar
Radical Chic
Black berets and leather coats are out, Ski Iraq tees are in.
by Lynn Yaeger

Liquid City
You can both live in Fort Greene and drink there. Just ask Owen. And Owen. And Owen.
by Annie Fischer

Last Meal
Ignacio Mattos doesn't want a quickie.
by Nina Lalli

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

FEATURED EVENTS
Downtown Drive-In Movies in May
If you were born after 1970, you probably never had the opportunity to take your date to the drive-in and make out like wild sexual beasts the whole time. Or, at least that's what we heard it was like back in the day. But don't fret, young bucks; there's hope. We've found Downtown Drive-In Movies in May in the Staten Island Ferry parking lot (how romantic). Tonight is the Pixar film Madagascar at 8:30, followed by The Godfather at midnight. Saturday is Saturday Night Fever at 8:30 and The Departed at midnight. Read more

Poop Culture: How America Is Shaped by Its Grossest National Product
Instead of focusing on all the things that make us different, let's bond over our similarities, shall we? Like shitting—that's right, taking a dump; feeding the toilet; lightening the load. Don't be bashful; shit plays a solid role in each and every one of our lives, and we should talk about it, dammit. Dave Praeger gets the conversation rolling with his new book Poop Culture: How America Is Shaped by Its Grossest National Product. Read more

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Savage Love
Is sex in Second Life adultery?
by Dan Savage

Pucker Up
The Cum of Alt Fears
Sexual subcultures leave hetero wankers hangin.'
by Tristan Taormino

Daily Rockie Horoscope
by Rockie

Free Will Astrology
by Rob Brezsny

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Down in Front
Moving (to the Suburbs) in Stereo
The Fountains of Wayne's commuter rhapsodies cry out for an alternate route.
by Rob Harvilla

Fly Life
A Deluge of Parades
Promoters, DJs, and dancers alike prepare for some much needed cabaret lawlessness.
by Tricia Romano

Status Ain't Hood
Rancid's Tim Armstrong still loves ska.
by Tom Breihan

Box Elders
Songs of Free Love and Hate
Glorious moping, whether over Altamont or poor album sales.
by Michael Hoinski

Singles Going Steady
Gum -Smacking Escapades
Folkies and avant-gardists chew both Juicy Fruit and scenery.
by Ray Cummings

No Limit to Our Love
Wherein rock critics' ongoing bout of Feistmania is found to be entirely justified.
by Garrett Kamps

Plus: The Star Spangles; Miranda Lambert; DJ Vadim; and much more.

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Spider Bites
Third time brings harm to the Spidey franchise; Peter Parker to wear Lanvin ballet flats in 4.
by Nathan Lee

Memory Loss
Time, life, and Alzheimer's erode a marriage in Sarah Polley's Away From Her.
by Ella Taylor

Shooting to Kill
Radical docmaker Emile de Antonio put official history in the crosshairs.
by Rob Nelson

Mazursky, In and Out of Love
Searching for unmisery with Brooklyn's closet romantic.
by Scott Foundas

Slice of Life
As her final film act, Adrienne Shelly serves up some Sweet Indie Romcom Pie.
by Nathan Lee

Plus: The Treatment; Paris, Je T'aime; and much more.

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art

A Design of the Times
You're the game-show champion at the Cooper-Hewitt's clowning triennial.
by Robert Shuster
Plus: The Half-Boys
Sculptor Elise Siegel's ceramic creep-out

Best in Show
Where the Mechanical Things Are
R. C. Baker's gallery picks

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books

Bark Victory
Kera Bolonik reviews Cathleen Shine's The New Yorkers.

No Hoodrat Friend
Carol Cooper reviews William Jelani Cobb's The Devil & Dave Chappelle.

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Prisoners of the Past
The Brig and Frost/Nixon use yesterday's nightmares to mirror today's reality.
by Michael Feingold

The Dish-Monger
The Vineyard Theatre's American Fiesta lights up a bowl.
by Alexis Soloski

The House of Stuart
But Anthony Neilson's play is less than regal.
Garrett Eisler reviews Realism

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For Today I Am a Ship
In Stephen Petronio's work, violent doesn't mean hostile.
by Deborah Jowitt

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This Modern World
If only Pat Tillman's family didn't believe in worm dirt. . .
by Tom Tomorrow

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