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Okay, so raise your hand if you’ve ever read a comic book. Damn, really? I guess that’s why the industry is collapsing. Well, how about the comics page in your local newspaper? Alright, I see some more hands hesitantly going up. It’s alright, you’re among friends; I’ll take that gum Zawolski. So, I’ll bet even [...]

I remember watching Twin Peaks when it first came on. I believe it was the first episode even.  Not only would it be the first work of David Lynch I would see, it would also be the last, until I was a good bit older. I don’t know if my mom got the show, but [...]

SPOILER ALERT!!!!
by R. K. Haney
What do Viral Marketing and the WGA strike have in common?Hypothetically, a lot.
Viral Marketing could easily be used to bring undeserved attention and hype to films that were green lit during the panic hours before the strike began, when studios were picking up scripts willy-nilly with even less than the usual [...]

Herndon, 1976
My dad and I were driving to see the foundation of our new house.  It was raining and the sides of Rt. 7 and Dranesville Rd. were caked w/ reddish orange clay from the construction going on everywhere.  I was 5 and sad to be leaving my two friends, John John and Plop, in [...]

Often when I look up at the night sky and wonder, it’s not about the existence of extra-terrestrial life, as one might think.  I’m sure about that so there’s no need to wonder.  Not because I’ve been abducted or anything extraordinary like that, but because I can look around my own planet and see that [...]

Congressional Quarter-bag
by Trey Howell
Inherent Contempt
Few words better lend themselves to description of the Bush Administration than “contempt,” in all of its varied meanings.  From the dishonesty of the phrase “compassionate conservatism” to playing spin doctor in the wake of Hurricane Katrina to defining golf course water hazards as “wetlands” and, of course, the larger issue [...]

Ingredients:
2 lbs lean ground beef
1.5 lbs german link sausage
4 dried chili anchos
16 oz canned green chiles (4 4-oz cans)
4 large tomatoes
1 large white onion
3 cloves garlic
2 tsp ground comino (cumin seed)
2 tsp paprika
1 tsp Mexican oregano
Cut the stems from the anchos and remove seeds. Cover with boiling water and let sit for an hour. Blend [...]

Elliott Downs believes that art belongs to everyone; it doesn’t have to cost hundreds of thousands of dollars or be hoarded by collectors, but be avaible to everyone at reasonable prices, such as the cost of materials. Growing up with an art teacher mother and a father as the director of The Saw Mill Gallery [...]

Continuing with Gone Magazine’s tradition of bringing it to you first, we present the Cinnamon Band. Watch closely, but not in that slight of hand sort of way, where I place a nickel under a shell or make the Statue of Liberty disappear. Besides, if I did make the Statue of Liberty disappear, I’d probably [...]