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12 THE HEALER WITHING By Rick Pimental-Habib, Ph.D. When I was 20, I suffered a skiing accident that badly tore the meniscus in my left knee. I remember woozily looking down at my oddly bent leg, and feeling the most excruciating pain I’d felt before or since. There I was, thousands of feet up, in the snow, leaning on friends and wondering how I was going to get down the mountain.
feature stories 16 AHLEUCHATISTAS ERUPTS By Janis Hase In March 2010, the ears present at Knoxville’s Big Ears Festival were wooed by the sounds of the newest configuration of the music project Ahleuchatistas. Pronounced AH-LOO-CHA-TEES-TAS, the Ashville, N.C.based project is now a duet.
24 HOPPING AROUND DOWNTOWN & BEYOND By Michael Crumb Although September 11 has become an anniversary of remembrance of the terrorist attacks of 2001, we should also recall that artistic expression celebrates visions that enable our deeper appreciation of life, of peace, of tolerance, and of cultural accomplishment.
31 MACHETE: HEADS WILL ROLL By John DeVore When we were promised Machete as a coming feature during Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s Grindhouse, I didn’t actually expect it to be made
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PULSE BEATS BEYOND THE HEADLINES SHRINK RAP LIFE IN THE NOOG ON THE BEAT ASK A MEXICAN
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EDITOON LETTERS TO THE EDITOR POLICE BLOTTER THE LIST NEW MUSIC REVIEWS MUSIC CALENDAR A&E CALENDAR JONESIN’ CROSSWORD FREE WILL ASTROLOGY SPIRITS WITHIN DINING REVIEW