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1. Feature

   Freaks Come Out at Night

   Grandmaster Dee cuts a wide swath on the comeback trail

   By Jonathan Cunningham

   Published: May 17, 2007

   It's almost midnight in the lobby of the Jacksonville Sheraton Hotel, and Grandmaster Dee, legendary DJ and key member of Whodini, is acting the fool. With his low-cropped...

2. Music

   Truthier Than Thou

   Is honesty the best policy? Just ask the members of Underoath, a fractious hardcore Christian band that lit up the Billboard charts.

   By Arielle Castillo

   Published: May 17, 2007

   The guys of Underoath love Jesus, make no bones about it, and want you to know that. But the St. Petersburg-based quintet isn't about that hands-in-the-air, holier-than-thou...

3. Dish

   Dining in the Petri Dish

   Stop the revolution; I want to get off

   By Gail Shepherd

   Published: May 17, 2007

   The revolution in experimental, deconstructivist, "molecular" gastronomy was over before it began in South Florida. If we'd hoped the surreal culinary high-jinks of chefs...

4. Film

   Ogreload

   Third time's the charmless for Shrek franchise

   By Ella Taylor

   Published: May 17, 2007

   Coming out of Shrek the Third, I asked the two smart preteen girls I had in tow what they had liked about the picture. Projectile vomiting and multiple farts, they said...

5. Night & Day

   A Fish Out of Water

   By Jamie Laughlin

   Published: May 17, 2007

   Little girls who grew up watching Where the Boys Are and later moved to Fort Lauderdale find a rude awakening. Absent are the dapper (yet wholesome) encounters with Ivy League...

6. Stage

   American Magic

   Palm Beach Dramaworks' Voice of the Prairie pulls national identity from the ether

   By Brandon K. Thorp

   Published: May 17, 2007

   The Voice of the Prairie is almost certainly the strongest offering from Palm Beach Dramaworks this season, and that's saying a lot. Though it's been a favorite of the nation's...

7. DVDish

   More Shriek Than Shrek

   Pan's Labyrinth

   Published: May 17, 2007

   Pan's Labyrinth (New Line) Guillermo Del Toro has made a career of mixing slam-bang special effects (Hellboy, Blade II) with creepy atmospheres (Cronos, The Devil's...

8. Tailpipe

   Skin Trade

   Tat space for sale

   Published: May 17, 2007

   That billboard out in the industrial barrens of Opalocka is, phew, so banal. No zing, no pizzazz, you know? How about a placard on the back of a city bus? You must be joking,...

9. Music

   Baby Rock

   A toddler and her dad road-test alt lullabies

   By D.X. Ferris

   Published: May 17, 2007

   Since becoming a parent, I've increasingly believed this: If a 1-year-old doesn't respond to a song, there's a strong chance the music stinks. A nine-month-old won't try to...

10. Art

    Help Me, I'm Falling

    Ernest Trova's groupings of men with hinged components suggest pained isolation

    By Michael Mills

    Published: May 17, 2007

    "Stop!" a voice called out. "Please don't touch." And while the guard was not admonishing me, he might as well have been. I'm hard-pressed to remember when I have so longed to...

11. Game On

    Balls of Fury

    Marble Mania rolls out a winner for the Wii.

    Published: May 17, 2007

    If you're looking for a laugh, find a kid raised on Grand Theft Auto and introduce him to Pac-Man for the first time. As he stares at you blankly, explain the addictive joy of...

12. News

    A Seminole Moment

    An Air Force specialist learns he can't bet on American justice at the Seminole Hard Rock

    By Thomas Francis

    Published: May 17, 2007

    Four months removed from a tour of duty in Iraq, Air Force Airman John Thomas was back in South Florida. Of all people, Thomas thought, he had earned the right to enjoy some of...

13. Short Cuts

    Various artists

    The Rough Guide to Bollywood Gold (World Music Network)

    By Ernest Barteldes

    Published: May 17, 2007

    Although standout actress Aishwarya Rai's pretty face adorns the cover of the newly released The Rough Guide to Bollywood Gold, the music presented here has little to do with...

14. Artbeat

    Bhutan: The Cloud Kingdom

    By Marya Summers

    Published: May 17, 2007

    A sort of heaven on Earth tucked away in the Himalayan mountains, Bhutan has been revered as home to gods and Bhutanese mortals. Buddhist since the Seventh Century, the culture...

15. What Else Is New?

    Our top DVD picks for the week of May 15:

    Published: May 17, 2007

    Army of Shadows: The Criterion Collection (Criterion) Arthur & the Invisibles (Genius) Bill/Bill on His Own (Brentwood) Bunny Whipped (Think) Caddyshack: 20th...

16. Night Rider

    Paradise Lost

    Maybe transplants and tourists can tell us where to go

    By Marya Summers

    Published: May 17, 2007

    When you grow up in paradise, it's easy to take natural beauty and a moderate climate for granted. A breathtaking beachfront moonrise? Hey, I've got work to do. A gorgeous...

17. Short Cuts

    James "Blood" Ulmer

    Bad Blood in the City: The Piety Street Sessions (Hyena)

    By Mark Keresman

    Published: May 17, 2007

    Guitarist James "Blood" Ulmer is a strange duck. Though he started out in jazz organ combos, Ulmer made his rep with avant-jazz icon Ornette Coleman in the latter's ebullient...

18. ¡Ask a Mexican!

    Argh. I'm Drowning in Español!

    Then get outta the water, tonto

    By Gustavo Arellano

    Published: May 17, 2007

    Dear Mexican: I have no problem with immigrants. My grandparents were Dutch on one side and Irish on the other — but they came here legally, through Ellis Island. What I...

19. Short Cuts

    Mark Ronson

    Version (Columbia)

    By Sire Esquire

    Published: May 17, 2007

    Most cover albums typically feature an established artist paying respect to some of his favorite musicians, and they're lucky if they match the original material. But Version,...

20. Letters

    Letters for May 17-23, 2007

    Published: May 17, 2007

    While Others Died Give him a Purple Finger: I just read your article on the deserter ("Is He a Coward or a Hero?" by Frank Alvarado, May 3). What a pussy that guy is. I mean,...