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Dec 21, 2006-Jan 4, 2007 Vol. 22 No. 27 : New Year's Eve Party Guide | Inside
2006 Year in Review: music / film / dance / books / arts / theatre & more >> PRESS START: Gaming recap

Dec 14-20, 2006 Vol. 22 No. 26 : BREAST IN SHOW | Inside
COVER: Montreal's les Breastfeeders are the tits to fans of revved-up rock 'n' roll >> Manufactured Landscapes >> Kid Sister >> Pipe Fiends >> Record digging >> Guitar Hero II >> PRESS START >> RESTO: A consummate thin-crust experience at Bottega

Dec 7-13, 2006 Vol. 22 No. 25 : HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE | Inside
COVER: CDs, DVDs, Games, Gadgets and Kitsch >> Wolves >> The Dears >> The Sword >> American Buffalo >> Richard Ford >> PRESS START: Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess >> RESTO: Iraq meets Syria at De Damas à Baghdad

Nov 30-Dec 6, 2006 Vol. 22 No. 24 : D.U. High | Inside
COVER: Cracking down on stoned drivers >> Ethical gifts >> Tetsuya Mizuguchi >> David Mancuso >> Necro >> Films on AIDS >> PRESS START: Gears of War >> RESTO: Sophisticated, Québécois pub grub at Helm

Nov 23-29, 2006 Vol. 22 No. 23 : PROBING THE PERVERSE | Inside
COVER: Art stars meet porn stars in the explicit film anthology Destricted >> WINTER SPORTS: Rugged Riders • Running • Tubing • Orienteering • Fashion • Hot Scoops! >> Resfest >> Recycling >> Parc Ave. >> 3 Mile Scream >> Expozine >> The Bug >> PRESS START: Splinter Cell: Double Agent >> RESTO: Kremlin is a chip off the ol’ bloc

Nov 16-22, 2006 Vol. 22 No. 22 : BUILT from SCRATCH | Inside
COVER: Vancouver's NO LUCK CLUB take turntablism beyond breaks and battles >> Fast Food Nation >> Gloomy at Taste 3 >> Tahiti 80 >> For Your Consideration >> FILM: Image+Nation >> PRESS START: Final Fantasy XII >> RESTO: Ange & Ricky serve up wholesome Haitian

Nov 9-15, 2006 Vol. 22 No. 21 : WHERE'S THE BEEF? | Inside
COVER: RIDM documentary Our Daily Bread zooms in on factory farming >> CMJ report >> Once a Nazi... >> Encounter Point >> Easy Star All-Stars >> GAMING: Arcadia festival preview >> PRESS START: Family Guy >> RESTO: Greek goods at Agora

Nov 2-8, 2006 Vol. 22 No. 20 : SOUND OF THE UNDERGROUND | Inside
COVER: American Hardcore documents the DIY punk pioneers of the early '80s >> Cinemania >> Ensemble >> SPASM >> 13 (Tzameti) >> God Made Me Funky >> NEWS: Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins on The God Delusion >> PRESS START: Okami & God Hand >> RESTO: Flavours from Iran at Quartier Perse

Oct 26-Nov 1, 2006 Vol. 22 No. 19 : HIP HOP HAJJI | Inside
COVER: The pilgrimage of Iraqi-Canadian rapper the Narcicyst >> Seymour Hersh >> Terry Gilliam >> Death of a President >> Migrant farm workers >> K-OS >> HALLOWEEN PARTY GUIDE >> PRESS START: Japanese mafia madness in Yakuza >> RESTO: The blind serve the hungry at O. Noir

Oct 19-25, 2006 Vol. 22 No. 18 : SOUL SETS SAIL | Inside
COVER: British R&B king Omar crosses the pond >> Kenneth Anger >> Festival du Nouveau Cinéma >> 9/11 conspiracies >> '50s crime mags >> PRESS START: NHL faceoff >> RESTO: Old Montreal newbie Garde Manger >> NIGHTLIFE '06

Oct 12-18, 2006 Vol. 22 No. 17 : LUST HIGHWAY | Inside
COVER: Sook-Yin Lee bares all in John Cameron Mitchell's explicit romantic comedy Shortbus >> Brazilian Girls >> Same-sex marriage >> Vulgaires Machins >> To Air Is Human >> PRESS START: Scanning Sony’s sequels >> RESTO: Bollywood’s menu takes you all over India

Oct 5-11, 2006 Vol. 22 No. 16 : TONGUES AND TALES | Inside
COVER: Danish-language ensemble Under Byen leaves critics and fans amazed and confused >> Pop Montreal picks >> Laptop theft >> Iron Maiden >> Film Pop >> Trailer Park Boys >> PRESS START: Star Fox Command >> RESTO: Little Italy sushi spot MB

Sep 28- Oct 4, 2006 Vol. 22 No. 15 : PSYCH SURVIVOR | Inside
COVER: Garage-rock pioneer Roky Erickson's road to ruin and recovery >> Killoffer >> CSS >> Benji B >> Lillian Robinson >> Enchanted Arms >> The Garneau Block >> NEWS: Montreal mobster Vito Rizzuto >> RESTO: Tasty Tibetan at Sonam

Sep 21-27, 2006 Vol. 22 No. 14 : PATCHWORK PARADISE | Inside
COVER: With his new album, Montreal singer/pianist Patrick Watson weaves a pretty picture >> R.A. the Rugged Man >> Angela Desveaux >> Be Your Own Pet >> LocoRoco >> Coronado >> NEWS: vampirefreaks.com >> RESTO: Cheering for BU

Sep 14-20, 2006 Vol. 22 No. 13 : FALL ARTS PREVIEW | Inside
COVER: MUSIC >> FILM >> VISUAL ARTS >> THEATRE >> DANCE >> BOOKS >> SPOKEN WORD >> Toronto film fest >> Dengue Fever >> Holy Fuck >> You Say Party! >> We Say Die! >> PRESS START: Ninety-Nine Nights >> RESTO: Bistro Justine serves fine French at a fair price

Sep 7-13, 2006 Vol. 22 No. 12 : HOLLA FOR KOALA | Inside
COVER: Everyone loves Kid Koala, even your mom >> Religion after 9/11 >> Ratatat >> Quantic >> Souk Machines >> Dead Rising >> NEWS: World Press Photo >> RESTO: African legends at Keur Fatou

Aug 31-Sep 6, 2006 Vol. 22 No. 11 : GETTING THE KINKS OUT | Inside
COVER: Bianca Beauchamp welcomes lovers of latex, leather and lace at Montreal's Fetish Weekend >> Bush Tetras & more at Osheaga >> Ziggy Marley >> World Film Festival reviews >> STUDENT SURVIVAL GUIDE >> PRESS START: Real World Golf >> RESTO: The charm is in the charity at Robin des Bois

Aug 24-30, 2006 Vol. 22 No. 10 : LIP SERVICE | Inside
COVER: Michael Ivins of the Flaming Lips sermonizes about elves, UFOs, Santa Claus and God >> World Film Festival reviews >> Junior Boys >> Unspeakable >> Herbert >> Ghettonuns >> FILM: Who Killed the Electric Car? >> PRESS START: On Warpath >> RESTO: Las Palmas piles on the Colombian

Aug 17-23, 2006 Vol. 22 No. 9 : LIVING ON THE LINE | Inside
COVER: Montreal directors Ben Addelman and Samir Mallal explore the cultural impact of outsourcing in their documentary Bombay Calling >> The Sadies >> The Emperor of Aerica >> Green Party debate >> Xavier Caféïne >> MUSIC: Bagels and Bongos legend Irving Fields >> PRESS START: NCAA Football >> RESTO: Sur Bleury steps up the sandwich

Aug 10-16, 2006 Vol. 22 No. 8 : Raising the bar | Inside
COVER: The New Classical Theatre Festival serves up a strong dose of summer indie stage >> Under Pressure >> Gay Liberal Scott Brison >> Against Me! >> John Daly >> Meteors >> PRESS START: Chrome Hounds >> RESTO: Crust check at Pizza Pendeli

Aug 3-9, 2006 Vol. 22 No. 7 : Jukebox heroine | Inside
COVER: Joan Jett and rock 'n' roll love each other as much as ever >> Liza Minelli >> Montreal Climate Exchange >> Bon Cop Bad Cop >> Blockhead >> NEWS: Hate and terror online >> PRESS START: Prey >> RESTO: Old school Italian at Trattoria Senza Nome

Jul 27-Aug 2, 2006 Vol. 22 No. 6 : Female touch | Inside
COVER: DJ Mini plays for the ladies at Lesbomonde >> DIVERS/CITÉ... Amanda Lepore >> Queer IQ Test >> Cissy >> Gay and Arab >> Pictures of Pride & more >> NEWS: Justice for Cambodia >> PRESS START: Heroes of Might and Magic V >> RESTO: Fine Filipino at the Pearl of Manila

Jul 20-26, 2006 Vol. 22 No. 5 : Not (just) for kids | Inside
COVER: The Friendly Rich Show is kiddie fare gone wrong in all the right ways >> Clerks II >> Afrodizz >> Edmond >> Mylo >> Dead Messenger >> NEWS: Report from Lebanon >> PRESS START: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest >> RESTO: Pushap la faim du monde

Jul 13-19, 2006 Vol. 22 No. 4 : Big in Japan | Inside
COVER: A new crop of crazy cinema at Fantasia >> JUST FOR LAUGHS: >> Billy the Mime >> Demetri Martin >> Phil Nichol >> Outgames >> Amy Sedaris >> Reggae Festival >> Bonde do Role >> Peaches >> PRESS START: Street Fighter Alpha 3 Anthology >> RESTO BIZARRO: Bovine ’n’ beer at Brasserie Rosemont

Jul 6-12, 2006 Vol. 22 No. 3 : PARANOID CELLULOID | Inside
COVER: Richard Linklater on his Philip K. Dick adaptation A Scanner Darkly >> Report from the World Cup >> The Devil and Daniel Johnston >> La Clique >> FEST MADNESS: Jazz Festival, Fantasia & Nuits d'Afrique >> PRESS START: AND 1 Streetball >> RESTO: M sur Masson

Jun 29-Jul 5, 2006 Vol. 22 No. 2 : SOUL IN THE MACHINE | Inside
COVER: Digital daredevil Jamie Lidell finds his voice, and what a voice it is >> PLUS: Further finds at the Jazz Festival >> Fantasia preview >> Slayer's Dave Lombardo >> Racial profiling >> Superman Returns >> NEWS: How to not get screwed on Moving Day >> PRESS START: Rise of Legends >> RESTO: Turkey time at Avesta

Jun 22-28, 2006 Vol. 22 No. 1 : OUTSIDE THE LINES | Inside
COVER: Montreal art anti-hero Julie Doucet talks about her post-comics present and dirty past >> Blue Cheer >> Nicky Siano >> Wordplay >> Congo mining >> Jamaica Association vs. the city >> PRESS START: Half-Life 2: Episode One >> RESTO: Vietnamese subs on the cheap at Cao Thang

Jun 15-21, 2006 Vol. 21 No. 51 : TWEEN SPIRIT | Inside
COVER: Seattle's Smoosh balance junior high and indie pop stardom >> Homelessnation.org >> Tam >> John Densmore & Reza >> New Super Mario Bros. >> THEATRE: Fringe reviews! >> RESTO: ¡La Villa del Tequila!

Jun 8-14, 2006 Vol. 21 No. 50 : FREAKY FRINGE! | Inside
COVER: Theatre goes nuts at the 16th annual Montreal Fringe Festival >> HOT SUMMER GUIDE: Parachuting, roller derby, World Cup, Wi-Fi, music, movies, arts & more >> PRESS START: Steambot Chronicles >> RESTO: Petiscos for the people at Chez le Portugais

Jun 1-7, 2006 Vol. 21 No. 49 : MADE IN THE SHADES | Inside
COVER: Montreal turntable champ A-Trak on Kanye, cognac and the Sunglasses Is a Must DVD >> Costa-Gavras on The Ax >> King Khan and the Shrines >> Gay Line >> Detroit Grand Pubahs >> MUSIC: Vinnie Paul on life after the death of Dimebag >> PRESS START: Auto Assault >> RESTO: It's all good at Gandhi

May 25-31, 2006 Vol. 21 No. 48 : SWEET REVENGE | Inside
COVER: Korean director Park Chan-wook adds a woman's touch to Lady Vengeance, the final tale in his trilogy of retribution >> The Proposition >> Slumlords >> Grover factory >> World Provider >> Brain Age >> MUSIC: Picks from MUTEK >> PRESS START >> RESTO: Lava Lounge pours out the flavours

May 18-24, 2006 Vol. 21 No. 47 : COME SAIL AWAY | Inside
COVER: With their debut album Return to the Sea, Montreal's Islands leave land for parts unknown >> Hip hop films >> Sketch comedy >> DJ Rekha >> Chefs Without Borders >> Stone Love >> MUSIC: Sunn O))) and more at Victoriaville >> PRESS START: On E3... >> RESTO: Submarine sandwich saga

May 11-17, 2006 Vol. 21 No. 46 : BEST OF MONTREAL | Inside
COVER: Readers Poll 2006 >> The Stills >> Cecil Castellucci >> Coldcut >> Geneviève Gauckler >> PRESS START: Tourist Trophy >> RESTO: Chez Bong is bubbling with delicious Korean cooking

May 4-10, 2006 Vol. 21 No. 45 : OUT OF ASIA | Inside
COVER: Seven Montreal artists sound off for Asian Heritage Month >> Tiga >> Crystal meth >> Pony Up! >> Elektra >> Bling Kong >> What is INDIE? >> PRESS START: Splinter Cell Essentials >> RESTO: French flavour deluge at Le Margaux

Apr 27-May 3, 2006 Vol. 21 No. 44 : Ugly Ass Bikes ramp up | Inside
COVER: SPORTS & LEISURE: Dragon Boat racing • Kin-ball • Takraw • Right to Move • Citybikes • Horseback riding >> Cops vs. poets >> Hard Candy >> DragonForce >> Sexy Boy >> Trans Day of Pride >> MUSIC: Sam Roberts credits Rant Line™ for his success. >> PRESS START: MLB 06: The Show steps up to bat >> RESTO: La Montée de Lait

Apr 20-26, 2006 Vol. 21 No. 43 : Naughty and Nice | Inside
COVER: Gretchen Mol transforms into the famed religious bondage queen in The Notorious Bettie Page >> Johnny Winter >> Cosmo Baker >> Chernobyl >> Vues d'Afrique >> Kyoto cutbacks >> PRESS START: Far Cry Instincts Predator >> RESTO: Stepping it up at Café Mogador

Apr 13-19, 2006 Vol. 21 No. 42 : DYING BREED | Inside
COVER: As the smoking ban approaches, Montrealers prepare to butt out >> Mark Tewksbury >> Franz Ferdinand >> Final Fantasy >> Horror film fest >> CLUBLAND 2006: New spaces • L’Escogriffe • Lips • Prestige • Piano bars • Jack Dylan’s posters • Stereo >> PRESS START: Metroid Prime Hunters >> RESTO: Mex-I turns out tasty tacos

Apr 6-12, 2006 Vol. 21 No. 41 : Baltimore booty call | Inside
COVER: Spank Rock rep their town with ribald raps and banging beats >> UB40 >> Brick >> Nihilist Spasm Band >> Keane >> Sex ed cuts >> The Godfather: The Game >> Disco Volante: A new column by Jack Oatmon

Mar 30-Apr 5, 2006 Vol. 21 No. 40 : THE DADDY OF DIRTY | Inside
COVER: The long, lurid, lascivious life of porno-funk pioneer Blowfly >> Bust a Move >> Fringe trouble >> Neko Case >> Friendly Rich >> Guitar strings for Cuba >> The Load-Down: A new digital-music column >> PRESS START: Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter >> RESTO: A dose of dosas at Pierrefond's Bombay Choupati

Mar 23-29, 2006 Vol. 21 No. 39 : Chords and Sorcery | Inside
COVER: Finnish neo-folk group Värttinä take on Tolkien and delve into their dark side >> Empire Shakedown >> The Sainte Catherines >> Tristram Shandy >> Destroyer >> Röck Fight >> Riff-Raff : A new city column by Raf Katigbak >> PRESS START: Fight Night Round 3 has punch >> RESTO: VLT sandwich at Jour & Nuit

Mar 16-22, 2006 Vol. 21 No. 38 : STATE OF WAR | Inside
COVER: Eugene Jarecki's documentary Why We Fight examines the frightening power of the American military-industrial complex >> St. Patrick's Day roundup >> Marc Emery >> The Unintended >> Moonstarr >> PRESS START: Super Princess Peach >> RESTO: Havana nights at Cuba Saveur Tropicale

Mar 9-15, 2006 Vol. 21 No. 37 : Scary Pairing | Inside
COVER: Eric Braün and Michel "Away" Langevin share their terrors at a joint art show >> Stereolab >> Festival of Films on Art >> Pot seeds >> Disco D >> Alternative Academy Awards

Mar 2-8, 2006 Vol. 21 No. 36 : SHANTYTOWN SHAKEUP | Inside
COVER: Gavin Hood's South African hit Tsotsi tracks the tough life and possible redemption of a 19-year-old gangster >> Under the Snow >> The Robocop Kraus >> Bellydance Superstars >> CKUT referendum >> BOOKS: MudScout Media launches The Joy of Hosen

Feb 23-Mar 1, 2006 Vol. 21 No. 35 : WHITE NIGHT FEVER | Inside
COVER: Thirty things to do before dawn at the third annual Nuit Blanche >> Belle and Sebastian >> Baby Cham >> Little Fish >> Nickelback >> Foreign aid >> Legal aid

Feb 16-22, 2006 Vol. 21 No. 34 : WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE | Inside
COVER: The natural history of avant-pop band Animal Collective >> Gogol Bordello >> Imperial Tobacco building >> Steel Toes >> Napalm Death >> NEWS: Upping the age of consent

Feb 9-15, 2006 Vol. 21 No. 33 : OUT OF THE MOUTH OF A BABE | Inside
COVER: Sarah Silverman digs giggles out of rape, AIDS and race-baiting in Jesus is Magic >> Grover Factory >> Diary of a Lost Circus >> Dear Wendy >> Maggie MacDonald >> Valentine's gift guide

Feb 2-8, 2006 Vol. 21 No. 32 : INDOMINITABLE SNOWMEN | Inside
COVER: The Piknic Electronik crew fire up the soundsystem for their second deep-winter dance party >> The Juan Maclean >> Threat >> Black History Month >> Why Alberta sucks >> NEWS: World Social Forum report

Jan 26-Feb 1, 2006 Vol. 21 No. 31 : WHAT ARE WE DOING IN HAITI? | Inside
COVER: Questioning Canada's role in the making of a mess >> The Walkmen >> Pat Califia >> Roadsworth >> Johnny Canuck and the Last Burlesque

Jan 19-25, 2006 Vol. 21 No. 30 : WINTER ARTS PREVIEW | Inside
COVER: MUSIC • FILM • THEATRE • BOOKS • DANCE • VISUAL ARTS • SPOKEN WORD >> Zamfir >> Karla >> Bird flu >> Election comics >> Sunny Duval

Jan 12-18, 2006 Vol. 21 No. 29 : MANIC ORGANIC | Inside
COVER: Crazy critters crop up in the art of Toronto's Derrick Hodgson >> Supersystem >> Breakfast on Pluto >> Election Notebook >> 50 Cent: Bulletproof >> NEWS: Test your 2005 IQ!

Jan 5-11, 2006 Vol. 21 No. 28 : NOISEMAKERS 2006 | Inside
INSIDE: Cameron Stiff • Rawan Alami • Andrea Charbonneau and Farah Williamson • Igorov Metodi • Muslim and Ayesha Harji • Michèle Bruneau • AIDS Wolf • The Besnard Lakes • Kaba Horo • Giancarlo Scalia • Gentlemen’s Club • Tony Ezzy • Rugged Intellect • Dynamo Coléoptera • Treatment Room • mohawk-radio.com • Carl Henry • Mathilde Pigeon • Philip Lewis and Jean François Monette • Kids from The Point • Randy Thomas • Vanya Rose • Vali Fugulin • Neil Smith • Gigi and Pipi • Clément de Gaulejac • Janet Lumb • Alexandra l’Heureux • Furni • Abigail Lapell and Luna Allison • Shawnda Wilson • Lisa McKenzie • RoboKeith • Al Cabino • Michael Will