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Magazine: 2014-03-20 edition (PDF)
Metro Weekly – 03-20-14 – Lily Tomlin by MetroWeekly
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Flashback: Top 25 Modern Rock hits this week 20 Years Ago
As the ‘80s faded into the ‘90s, many so-called ‘Children of MTV’ and fans of punk, post-punk and new wave bands turned away from the...
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Westboro Baptist’s Fred Phelps dead
“When Americans were faced with the choice of accepting their LGBT neighbors or endorsing Phelps’s unfiltered hate, they chose the former. He showed anti-gay bigotry...
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A Mighty Wind
There are people -- plenty of them -- who absolutely love the maudlin 1988 chick flick blockbuster Beaches, about the platonic love of two women....
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Twelve Outstanding Albums to start 2014
2013 was a terrific year for music — there were dozens of outstanding releases, 30 of which we compiled in a list of last year’s...
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Film: Particle Fever
We don't glamorize physics. Whether theoretical or experimental, there's very little recognition of the incredible, fascinating work that those dedicated to either side of the...
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Tales of the Tomlin
There is no argument: Lily Tomlin loves show business. And that love has driven her from stage to screen and back again, countless times. With...
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The Fitness Five
Consider that you go about your day thinking, “This is how I do that, and this is how I do this.” It works, you feel...
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RIP, Fred Phelps
While many people will be celebrating the death of Fred Phelps, whose name is synonymous with irrational hate and vitriol, I think that today the...
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Washington as the Globe’s Gay Capital
Earlier this month, I shared a post on my Facebook wall regarding Dmitry Kiselyov. The post was critical of the anti-Western, anti-LGBT Kiselyov, taking what...
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Ciao Bello
For his swansong to the DC Different Drummers -- and to D.C. -- Joe Bello has put together a concert focused on dance. ''No, I...
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Federal judge places Kentucky recognition of same-sex marriages on hold
Recognition by Kentucky of legal same-sex marriages was put on hold Wednesday pending the appeal of federal court ruling. U.S. District Court Judge John Heyburn...
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Classic album revisited: Depeche Mode “Violator”
Twenty-four years ago this week, on March 19, 1990, British synth-pop titans Depeche Mode released the most successful and acclaimed album of their career: Violator....
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Leeds leads at the RAMMY Awards
Most chefs would be honored to get even one nomination for a Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington RAMMY Award. However, in the case of lesbian...
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George Michael releases tepid new live album “Symphonica”
George Michael hasn’t released a new studio album in a decade, and it seems fans yearning for one will need yet a little more patience....
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UPDATE: 220 lawmakers urge Obama to sign LGBT executive order
Update: In the final version of the letter sent to President Obama, 168 members from the House of Representatives and 52 senators signed their names,...
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DNC blasts Republican Party’s failure to evolve on LGBT-rights
A year after the Republican Party sought to cure its electoral woes with a series of policy recommendations, the Democratic National Committee said in a...
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Prepare to throw all your money at Motorola’s smartwatch
Up until now, smartwatches have fallen into two camps: there’s the aesthetic group, which Pebble‘s e-ink sits in. It places an emphasis on design but...
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Cat Dail explains the collaborative magic behind “The Wonder”
The latest CD by NYC-based Indie-rockers Cat Dail & The Magnets, The Wonder, most definitely lives up to its name. Dail is a veteran of...
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Bringing the luck of the Irish into your kitchen
There is more to Irish cooking than corned beef and cabbage, which, by the way, is so much more popular with Irish American than it...
