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21. Urban Experience

    Love Bugs

    These insects were made for lovin' you, baby

    Published: February 12, 2004

    2/14 "Say, baby, can I interest you in a little cicada? It's good for what ails you. Why yes, that is a long-horned beetle in my pocket, but I am glad to see you. Care to...

22. Gonzalez

    Wing Nut

    Tired of covering the action, our sportswriter shoots for gluttonous fame

    By John Gonzalez

    Published: February 12, 2004

    In the distance, an elderly woman is cheering wildly. She is perched on the back of a restaurant booth while smoking a cigarette with one hand; she's shaking the other--back...

23. playlist

    Incubus

    A Crow Left of the Murder (Epic/Immortal)

    By Mikael Wood

    Published: February 12, 2004

    Southern California's Incubus emerged from the rap-rock pack in 2001 when its hit single "Drive" revealed front man Brandon Boyd to be the kind of guy who might come back to...

24. Sports/Outdoors

    Gutter Punks

    Have a ball at this tournament

    Published: February 12, 2004

    2/17 We, the smarty-pants reporter for the oh-so-hip alternative weekly, will now attempt to write about a bowling event without any snideness or class snobbery. Promise. How...

25. You Said It

    Letters

    Published: February 12, 2004

    Thanks for the Mammary Send more love offerings: Patrick, you are a god! (Buzz, by Patrick Williams, February 5.) Give 'em hell, bud. Damn, are you as sick of the hypocrites...

26. playlist

    Fantomas

    Delerium Cordia (Ipecac)

    By Sam Machkovech

    Published: February 12, 2004

    This CD review probably shouldn't be anywhere near a newspaper's music section. If that sounds less than ideal, then you're not the listener Fantomas anticipated, as their...

27. Kid Stuff

    Soc Hop

    A poem for Ponyboy

    Published: February 12, 2004

    2/13 O, Ponyboy, Ponyboy! Wherefore art thou Ponyboy? Deny thy Greasers and refuse thy Brylcreem! And I'll no longer be a Soc, wearing my madras and mother's argyle. 'Tis but...

28. Critics' Picks

    Super Furry Animals

    February 18

    By Mikael Wood

    Published: February 12, 2004

    The often-costumed Welshmen of Super Furry Animals--current pop's premier gang of guitar-strumming, string-arranging, harmony-singing, occasionally techno-pumping Wings...

29. See/Be Seen

    Rules to Love By

    Some things never go out of style

    Published: February 12, 2004

    2/12 Even the biggest exhibitionists we know tend to stash their sex books between the mattress and box springs. But there's one that's remained a mandatory bedside fixture...

30. Critics' Picks

    Sugarcult, Simple Plan and MxPx

    February 16

    By NATE CAVALIERI

    Published: February 12, 2004

    Once, when asked his opinion of power pop, crotchety indie illuminati Steve Albini offered: "I cannot bring myself to use the term 'power pop.' Catchy mock-descriptive terms...

31. Performance

    Cupid's Quiver

    A gift from Texas Ballet Theater

    Published: February 12, 2004

    2/13 You're simply not trying, you guys of Dallas. Last February's retail recap revealed the same old, same old for the top four Valentine's Day gift categories. Chocolates,...

32. Critics' Picks

    Lauren Fine

    February 14

    By Sam Machkovech

    Published: February 12, 2004

    Man, Valentine's Day is some up-chucking, hee-hawing, pony-loving horseshit. Couples stress out over inevitably underwhelming dates, sad souls are doomed to a night of...

33. Critics' Picks

    The Locust

    February 18

    By NATE CAVALIERI

    Published: February 12, 2004

    Few things are more frightening than the rising crest of a teenage mob. Some combination of loud music, imbalanced hormones and postadolescent rage flips a dangerous switch:...