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Blogs
Narcolepsy
Last night, my friend John was telling me he's convinced he has narcolepsy. He's an idiot....
This Wednesday in Stamford: Lola Montes
I'll be showing the Cinémathèque Française's restoration of Max Ophuls'...
There Will Be Blood
Because the dead media can’t frame stories any other way than “he said-she said”...
My take on Sting 2k8...
It's been more than a week since the anticipated clash between dancehall artist Movado and Vybz...
Rajun Cajun Owner Fed Up
Anybody interested in running a soul food restaurant in the North End? Talk to Rajun Cajun owner...
Reading List
Will Oldham, Andrew Bird, and Merle Haggard.
Everyday People
TMI
Too much info from Alex DePratti
Bartender Buddha
Pearls of wisdom from Hallie Tenney
Comic
Lulu Eightball

On the Cover
Death of a Dream
Brazilian immigrants are leaving Connecticut's recession for a better life back home.
Capitol Intensive
Halos and Horns
Who was naughty and who was nice in 2008
Dan Savage
Savage Love: 12/30/08
Relationship columnist Dan Savage joins the Advocate.
D&D Nation
Geeks of Games Past
One man's reflection on life in fantasyland
For Your Art
Double or Nothing
New Britain museum showcases the fine art of selling out
State of the Economy
Jobs Melt Away
Connecticut held off the recession for a while, but no more
CD of the Week
Common
Common gets techno-cle
Dining
Pollo Pride
A popular Caribbean fast-food chain gets a toehold in Hartford
Paradise Regained
Slice of Heaven does an admirable job filling Luna's shoes in Cromwell
Greatest Hits
How to Handle Illegal Aliens
The growing population of illegal aliens means tough decisions for city police.
The Nokia Lolitas
A combustible mix of minors, sex and technology.
Theories of 9/11
Are the doubters justified, or paranoid?
CD Shorts
Umm They Reissued Pavement.
New releases by Polk Miller, Frida Hyvönen, Los Campesinos!, a various-artists collection and a Pavement reissue (awesome)
Crime & Punishment
Crime and Punishment
Round-up of holiday criminals!
Wheels
Toyota Totters
The auto giant's loss in perspective
More Greatest Hits
Hartford's Curfew Fix
Can a citywide curfew prevent crime?
The 33 Commandments
33 things to do in the Hartford area before you die.
Drinking by Degrees
Would lowering the drinking age help reduce binge drinking at colleges?
Want to Live Forever?
The human-life-extension movement sees a glorious future for us all.
Hell Hath No Furries
Inside the world of furries.
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Listings
For the Gaming Dorks
Best of the Best
The top 10 games of 2008
Best Albums of 2008
Thirty-Two from 2008
A couple dozen commendable new records from the past year
Winter Freetime
Movies
And 2008 Goes to the Dogs ...
A canine comedy and two real dogs from Tom Cruise and Frank Miller
Everybody's Doin' The Local Motion
Subversive Jazz
The key to breaking up central Connecticut's cover band monopoly may not be rock at all
World This Week
Journalism for Dummies
The U.S. press corps is free to go