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725: Sex in the City 2009 Sep. 09, 2009

725: Sex in the City 2009

Cover

Sex in the City 2009 
Vue Staff / arts@vueweekly.com

Film Reviews

Front

Vuepoint
Happy Labour Day 
Scott Harris / scott@vueweekly.com

Letters to the Editor 
Vue Readers

Hardcourt Bike Polo 
Three-two-one polo! : Edmonton league joins the fast-growing ranks of bike polo enthusiasts
Scott Harris / scott@vueweekly.com

Zeitgeist: Digitization Strategy 
Stuck at the starting gate: While other countries move ahead, Canada's national digitization strategy remains MIA
Michael Geist / mgeist@vueweekly.com

Issues
Back-to-school blues  
Stories from teachers, parents reveal serious problems with the education system in Alberta
Ricardo Acuña / http://parklandinstitute.ca

Dyer Straight
The War On Drugs 
The longest war: Tide is turning globally against the US's foolish, failed 'war on drugs'
Gwynne Dyer / gwynne@vueweekly.com

Derrick Jensen: Forget shorter showers  
Why personal change does not equal political change
Derrick Jensen / www.derrickjensen.org

Well, Well, Well
Mental Health 
Beds, homes and drugs
Connie Howard / health@vueweekly.com

Queermonton
Transgender Conference 
The journey to acceptance
Tamara Gorzalka / tam@vueweekly.com

Arts

Visualeyez 
This year's water-themed VisualEyez festival marks T.L. Cowan's last
Fawnda Mithrush / fawnda@vueweekly.com

Design Celebrating Hope 
Design Celebrating Hope suffers from the incomplete-ness of the works it presents
Adam Waldron-Blain / adamwb@vueweekly.com

Angles 
Christopher Berry's sculptures make up a one-sided collection
Adam Waldron-Blain / adamwb@vueweekly.com

Hopscotch: Bigfoot 
Bigfoot: The Life and Times of a Legend trails the skeptics, believers and culture surrounding the infamous creature
Josef Braun / josef@vueweekly.com

Die-Nasty 
The cast of Die-Nasty once again trade their beds for the stage, all weekend long
Paul Blinov / paul@vueweekly.com

Cabane 
Sept 3, 2009 / John L. Haar Theatre
Fawnda Mithrush / fawnda@vueweekly.com

Dish

Belle Valley Farms 
Not quite like beef: At its best--and worst--Alpaca meat has its own style
Jan Hostyn / jan@vueweekly.com

Luzzara Coffee Bar 
Viva Luzzara: Southside scooter shop houses lunch delicacies
Sharman Hnatiuk / sharman@vueweekly.com

To the Pint
A really good year  
Naming your beer 1516 creates lofty expectations
Mike Angus / mikeangus@vueweekly.com

Karmel Café And Restaurant 
Warmth of East Africa: Karmel Café and Restaurant serves up hospitality, authenticity
Maria Kotovych / maria@vueweekly.com

Film

DVD Detective
Sugar 
Sugar's story of an immigrant baseball player is far from a rags-to-riches cliché
David Berry / david@vueweekly.com

Kings Of Cool 
The Edmonton Film Society's fall program showcases cool guys and girls from eras long gone
David Berry / david@vueweekly.com

Music

Paul Di’anno 
Running free: Iron Maiden's ex invades Edmonton
Eden Munro / eden@vueweekly.com

Killswitch Engage 
The spice of life: Metalcore band engages a wider variety on latest album
Bryan Birtles / bryan@vueweekly.com

Digital Mixing 
Mixmaster Sandor: Turns out digital mixing is good for novices and pros alike
Steven Sandor / steven@vueweekly.com

Lights 
Punk, but different: It's all in the honest attitude for Lights
Bryan Birtles / bryan@vueweekly.com

Scott Cook 
Keep it in the family: Roaming troubadour Cook sings for the folks and the kids
James Stewart / jstewart@vueweekly.com

Devilsplender 
Just like Canada Day: Rob Malowany returns for a Hometown Riot
Carolyn Nikodym / carolyn@vueweekly.com

Dustin Bentall 
Miles from home: Travelling serves Bentall well on Six Shooter
Eden Munro / eden@vueweekly.com

These Arms Are Snakes 
Snakes on a vinyl: Seattle foursome offers fans a new way to say, 'Screw you'
David Berry / david@vueweekly.com

The Joe 
Rap sheet: Local workaholic rapper pushes his limits
Mike Angus / mikeangus@vueweekly.com

Coco Love Alcorn 
Riding to the beat: Alcorn's latest puts her bicycle to work as a kick drum
Carolyn Nikodym / carolyn@vueweekly.com

I Am Committing A Sin 
CAROLYN NIKODYM // carolyn@vueweekly.com
Mike Angus / mikeangus@vueweekly.com

New Sounds

Vivian Girls 
David Berry / david@vueweekly.com

Octoberman 
Jonathan Busch / jonathan@vueweekly.com

Arctic Monkeys 
David Berry / david@vueweekly.com

Miles Jones 
Kristina de Guzman / kristina@vueweekly.com

Raekwon 
David Berry / david@vueweekly.com

Megadeth 
Eden Munro / eden@vueweekly.com

Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs 
Eden Munro / eden@vueweekly.com

The Black Crowes 
Eden Munro / eden@vueweekly.com

Quick Spins 
Whitey Houston / quickspins@vueweekly.com

Sex Issue

David Berry’s Dumb Idea 
David Berry does the unthinkable--calls his ex-girlfriends while sober
David Berry / david@vueweekly.com

Sexy album covers 
Sex and music go together like condoms and an orgy
Bryan Birtles / bryan@vueweekly.com

Sex And Comics 
Comixxx: How do comic books deal with our sexual desires?
Brian Gibson / brian@vueweekly.com