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Being Tron Guy
Meet the man inside the glowing Spandex unitard, who refuses to be a "geek pinata."
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Evil Amongst Us
The nation's best known--and perhaps only--demonologist keeps up the struggle against Satanic spirits.
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A man fascinated by a violent 1930s strike solves a mystery with the help of a mobster's musician.
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Exene Cervenka
By Flannery Cashill
Published on July 17, 2008
“It Ain’t Supposed to Be” by Exene Cervenka and the Original Sinners, from Sev7en (Nitro Records):
Among the alumni of U.S. punk's first wave, Exene Cervenka has grown up most gracefully, shirking celebrity in favor of rock and roll, finding her niche as a dive-bar diva and settling down in Jefferson City, Missouri. She has maintained the rag-doll charm and brassy confidence of her X days, and she now tours with her band, the Original Sinners, hitting Davey's Saturday at 9 p.m.
It's rockabilly without kitsch, a pastiche of surf guitars, punk rhythms and romantic but robust vocals that recall the best gin-soaked country crooners.
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