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ERRATA
Sep 10, 2008; Anonymous ... Cope self-corrects Over the last several weeks, I've made three mistakes. Here. In this paper. I hate that. Absolutely hate it. Whenever I make a mistake and it gets printed, it weighs on my mind. It gets under my skin. I can't let it go. I want to go back and change it. I want to turn ...
SARAH PALIN, QUEEN OF THE NOBODIES
Sep 10, 2008; Rall, Ted ... Experience is overrated. What about IQ? NEW YORK-Until four years ago, no one had heard of our current Democratic nominee. "Who is Barack Obama?" asked CBS News after he was picked to deliver the keynote address at the Dems' 2004 confab. "Not exactly a household name." Four years later, ...
NOTE
Sep 10, 2008; Daigle, Rachael ... Best of Boise polling is dosed but we still need your help. We'll throw our annual Best of Boise party Saturday, Sept. 27, 7-9 p.m. at Knitting Factory Concert House and you're all invited. Yep, the whole lot of you. Tim Johnstone from 94.9 The River will emcee, we'll give out awards and prizes, ...
RIDING THE RNC
Sep 10, 2008; Westhoff, Ben ... Alaskans, anarchists and the alternate reality of the GOP convention Arriving in St. Paul, Minn., for the 2008 Republican National Convention, one couldn't help but wonder what Larry Craig was thinking. Though the Bush administration may hold more of the blame, Craig represents an early ...
CITY DESK
Sep 10, 2008; Hoffman, Nathaniel ... IDAHO PAUUTES WITHHOLD SIX MCCAIN VOTES The Idaho delegation to the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., cast 26 votes for John McCain and Sarah Palin, with its six Ron Paul supporters refusing to cast a nominating vote. Alanna Grimm, one of Idaho's six Paul ...
STAY HOME AND VOTE
Sep 10, 2008; Hoffman, Nathaniel ... Ada urges absentee voters to slim lines Ada County Clerk David Navarro wants YOU ... to vote absentee. The county will send request forms for absentee ballots to every registered voter later this month, in the hopes of expanding the rolls of those who vote from their kitchen ...
HOT COUPONS
Sep 10, 2008; Hoffman, Nathaniel ... Condom shop offer too hot for Boise State bookstore About three weeks ago, some 15,000 condom coupons were torn from a coupon book that is distributed to returning Boise State students at the campus bookstore. After about five complaints from students, parents and faculty, bookstore ...
SARAH DURNEY
Sep 10, 2008; Kirk, Johanna ... This month, Sarah Durney threw open the doors of her new studio, Ashtanga Boise, the first local yoga venue with a daily Mysore practice. Competitive skier, rock climber, environmental studies student, firefighter, tango dancer, metal worker, special education teacher ... Durney lives a life as ...
CURIOUS TIMES
Sep 10, 2008; Ohrt, Andreas ... THE REAL CHALLENGE IS COLLECTING ENOUGH EMPTIES TO GET TO AUSTRALIA While professional athletes continue to tarnish the thrill of competitive sports, there's still a chance to witness competition in its purest form at the Football World Cup for the Homeless taking place in Melbome, ...
POLITICAL DEJA VU
Sep 10, 2008; Hosefros, Paul ... HOSEFROS RETURNS TO THE POLITICAL LIFE, CAMERA IN HAND I confess. I use Orwell's 1984 for reality checks in the political world. Hopefully, empowerment ensues. Take Gustav. It seems ironic that a hurricane once battered the Republican administration, and a hurricane now provides ...
SOUND SCIENCE
Sep 10, 2008; Morgan, Tara ... TV on the Radio's thermodynamic third album packs pop and punch On the cover of TV on the Radio's new album, a midnight blue felt board glows under what looks like a flickering fluorescent church light. Stick-on white plastic letters, cousins of the tiny tables that come in pizza boxes, ...
NOISE NEWS
Sep 10, 2008; Atkins, Amy ... MUSIC IN THE BANK Local band Bank is hosting a handful of events to celebrate their sophomore effort, The Hope Inside Your Sleep, produced by Kansan Ed Rose. In the vein of mega acts like Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails, Bank will release the album digitally but will offer fans a ...
ATMOSPHERE, SEPT. 15, KNITTING FACTORY
Sep 10, 2008; Atkins, Amy ... LISTEN HERE Garfield may hate Mondays, but even he might find something to smile about next week. The duo of Slug (Sean Daley) and Ant (Anthony Davis), aka Atmosphere, bring their cool selves and their cool hip-hop Paint The Nation Tour to Boise, on the heels of their spring ...
BLITZEN TRAPPER, SEPT. 10, NEUROLUX
Sep 10, 2008; Morgan, Tara ... In true DIY style, Portland's Blitzen Trapper have blazed their own indie/alt-country trail, self-releasing their first three albums: Blitzen Trapper (2003), Field Rexx (2004) and Wild Mountain Nation (2007). Finally, after the success of their last record, the band caught the attention of ...
SCHOOL REDEFINED
Sep 10, 2008; Kirk, Johanna ... ArtsWest in Eagle teaches creatively ... and creativity The last week of August, the dreaded ring of the school bell summoned Boise youngsters out of sloth and swimsuits and back to the daily grind. However, in Eagle, some 80 kids cooled their heels another two weeks while they waited ...
HOT COMEDIAN
Sep 10, 2008; Atkins, Amy ... STAGE Jim Gaffigan on food, not swearing and food When comedian Jim Gaffigan steps onstage, the Indiana native is almost difficult to see. His blond hair, blond beard and mustache, occasional rimless glasses and pale skin make his features give him a "he'd disappear in direct ...
EXQUISITE APATHY
Sep 10, 2008; Wierenga, Jeremiah Robert ... EXQUISITE APATHY Elegy serves a sumptuous banquet of both rapture and discontent What makes a poem, a concerto, or an oil painting a work of art? Is it the craft, the symmetry, the aesthetics that renders it great, or must it be paired with meaning and significance? Mozart's ...
MONSTER CAMP
Sep 10, 2008; Estvold, Travis ... MONSTER CAMP If you're geeky enough to already know what LARP (Live Action Role Playing) is, then you probably don't need to see this documentary. However, for the rest of us, Monster Camp is an interesting trip into the heads of everyday Joes who engage in fantasy combat in a wooded ...
THEN SHE FOUND ME
Sep 10, 2008; Estvold, Travis ... THEN SHE FOUND ME Holy Helen Hunt. The As Good As It Gets star directed, produced, starred in and wrote the screenplay for this film, and I have to say, she fully succeeded on all fronts. Elementary school teacher April Epner (Hunt) is trying to deal with the disappointment of ...
FISH TALES
Sep 10, 2008; Darr, Deanna ... Salmon migration numbers raise hopes If you think your life is tough, try being an Idaho sockeye salmon. First, your species is so endangered that humans have to perform continual genetic testing to make sure there's not too much inbreeding. Then, there's a good chance you were ...