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Nathan Sproul's anti-Pearce MVD flier; and LD18's Ron Middlebrook and Cecil Ash take money from neo-Nazi J.T. Ready.
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Nativists' recall effort against Phil Gordon fails, not one signature submitted. (W/Update.)
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Houston Press
The Passion of Victoria Osteen
A flight attendant's smackdown with the wife of mega-preacher Joel Osteen inspires a whole new set of commandments.
By Rich Connelly
City Pages
Your Field Guide to the RNC
Today Denver, tomorrow the Twin Cities.
By Matt Snyders and Bradley Campbell
The Pitch
Star Power
A country musician rescues Waylon Jennings' tour bus from the scrap heap.
By C.J. Janovy
Village Voice
Serrano's Second Movement
The provocateur who brought you "Piss Christ" pinches off a new concept.
By Lynn Yaeger

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Feet Accompli

Shoes or no shoes, this babe wails

By Adriane Goetz

Published on March 27, 2008

How does a British girl of average attractiveness (whose first single was a White Stripes cover, by the way) rise to international fame? For then-16-year-old Joss Stone, worshiping Aretha Franklin and belting out soulful dirges like a Whitney Houston/Mariah Carey love child may have had something to do with it. Sort of a hippie cousin to Amy Winehouse, Stone is surely one of the most successful Grammy-nominated singers to regularly perform sans footwear. You won’t want to miss the chance to hear Stone’s sultry vocals -- and maybe even smell her feet -- at Celebrity Theatre.
Wed., April 2, 8 p.m., 2008

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