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Flogging Molly foams with a fervor

By Elliot Smilowitz | September 30

For a brief moment, as Flogging Molly prepared to step onto the stage of the 9:30 club on Monday, panic ensued in the crowd. Ringing out over the speakers was Flogging Molly's acoustic cover of Bob Marley's "Redemption Song." The presence of possibly the most-covered song in punk history stoked the fears of the crowd.

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Caught with your pants down: Sex's stilted standards

By Connie Heiss | September 30

There's no denying its existence. It affects every dating and hookup decision you make, and the ones others make when doing and dishing about you. It is...THE DOUBLE STANDARD.

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Terror from outside in at Spy Museum

By Crista Scaturro | September 30

The International Spy Museum added a spectacular new exhibit and, once again, raised the bar on what a museum experience should be. "The Enemy Within," a 45-minute, self-guided audio tour, explores the history of terrorism within the borders of the United States.

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American Indian exhibits disappoint

By David Hodges | September 30

If there is one word that can be used to describe the new American Indian Museum it is incomplete. While excited crowds and a nearby festival mark the exterior of the building, the interior of the building does not live up to expectations.

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Garc¡a Bernal moves from 'Y Tu Mama' to 'Motorcycle'

By Emily Zemler | September 30

Gael Garc¡a Bernal, a Mexican actor who caught the eye of audiences with his performances in "Y Tu Mam  Tambi?n" and "Amores Perros," recently took on the awesome task of becoming a 23-year-old version of political leader Guevara in Walter Salles' "The Motorcycle Diaries."

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The Rusty Nail: Word games

By Lester Russell Allen IV | September 27

The fine folks of Whole Foods Market have taken the euphemism ladder up another notch. They call me a "team member." I think this would be a lot more fun if I were allowed to call my bosses "Coach," but they tend to frown on that.

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Silver City: D-

By Matt Rajput | September 27

Unlike "Fahrenheit 9/11" and subsequent documentaries, "Silver City" in no way attempts to mask itself as being a source of information that was not readily available to the public. Instead, it uses its star-studded cast to poke fun at the president in a manner less obvious than "Saturday Night Live," yet less interesting than a bag of flour.

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Nerdspeak

By Carrie Moskal | September 27

Carrie Moskal's comic Nerdspeak for the week of September 27, 2004.

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The full story on Kramerbooks

By Rebecca Bellville | September 27

One might describe Kramerbooks as a Washington institution, the perfect combination of a bookstore and restaurant, or an excellent place to find books that appeal to one's intellect. But for Pete Conner, a manager of the store's Afterwords Caf?, it's a bit simpler than that. "This place is strange," he says. "It's really strange."

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The Hit List

By The Scene staff | September 27

Five things worthy of your time, compiled by the staff of The Scene.

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Bone Marrow Series, Part 2

September 27

By the time you read this, it is likely I will be waking up from surgery to donate my bone marrow to a man with leukemia whom I've never met. Throughout the past few weeks I've been told I'm courageous for making this choice. Quite a few friends and relatives have confessed, 'I could never do it.'"

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First Daughter: C-

By Robyn Abzug | September 27

"First Daughter" stars Katie Holmes as the president's sheltered daughter Samantha Mackenzie. She is her parents' princess, but has only ever been a politician's daughter. Now, at age 18, Sam wants nothing more than to go off on her own for her college years, but convincing her parents (Michael Keaton and Margaret Colin) to lessen her personal security is another matter entirely.

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Campus Bands: DARNEL

By Neal Fersko | September 27

Somewhere, separate form the myriad of punk and hardcore acts that overwhelm the D.C. area, the band Darnel smiles like a Cheshire cat. Made up of five full-time AU students, Darnel models itself as a jam band in the grand tradition of Phish and the Grateful Dead.

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Furnaces shred at the Black Cat

By Costa Caloudas | September 27

On paper, the Fiery Furnaces and Inouk seem like an ideal pairing. Both play blues-based roots rock, and both have an indiscernible laundry list of influences. But on Friday night at the Black Cat, White Magic's brand of barefoot tribal folk got the award for most head-scratching set of the night.

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'Daze' and confused in D.C. schools

By Blair Payne | September 27

What happens when you've just graduated college, got rejected by every law school you've applied to and are living on your mother's couch? If you're Todd Bradley, you apply for a teaching job in the D.C. school system.

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Not Quite Wrong

By Ross Nover | September 27

Ross's syndicated comic Not Quite Wrong for September 27, 2004.

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Wizard's Lair

By Danny Friedman | September 27

Danny Friedman's comic Wizard's Lair for Sunday September 27, 2004.

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