August Cover Story:
Ruff's "Bad Monkeys" melds "Sopranos" psych, Ludlum action

There are those who would summarize six seasons of "The Sopranos" as a man's life illuminated through the perspective of his therapy sessions. It was almost inevitable to conceive that comparison when I realized that Matt Ruff's new novel, Bad Monkeys, is chronicled as the lead character's conversations with a shrink in a Las Vegas jail following her arrest for "killing someone [she] shouldn't have.

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  • August 2006 Table of Contents

    • 40 years of musical magic on Bound for Glory
    • Gadabout keeps Ithaca rolling despite sharp fuel cost increase
    • Ithaca Farmer's Market means a summer of natural dining
    • Ithaca Ale House, several eateries in one

  • October 2005 Table of Contents

    • Joss Whedon's "Serenity" an ugly, beautiful success
    • Where to, How to... the Newcomer's Best of 14850 guide to Ithaca
    • John's market-based, choice-friendly plan to reduce oil consumption
    • I wrote my ass off for Jon Stewart
    • Rebuilding New Orleans, one restaurant at a time
    • Second time's the charm for Cherie Priest's chilling new novel

  • August 2004 Table of Contents

    • Northern Exposure: Successful gardening in Ithaca's climate
    • Where to, How to... the Newcomer's "Best of 14850" guide to Ithaca
    • Get Real: The faint stench of desperation
    • Ithaca Music Scene 101
    • Been to the Ithaca Book Sale?
    • Organize your dorm life

  • May 2004 Table of Contents

    • Sons of Pitches return to the State Theatre
    • Real, Real, Real (or, Please stop reality from repeating itself)
    • Springtime blooms at Willow Restaurant
    • Memorial Day from a Civil War battlefield to the World War II Memorial
    • Janis Ian: A bundle of energy
    • Landlubbers get wet

  • February 2004 Table of Contents

    • On local currency
    • Big Music doesn't deserve your money
    • World-class squash stars coming to Ithaca
    • Why Wesley Clark?
    • Coping with Ithaca's winter wonderland

  • February 2003 Table of Contents

    • A Personal Statement on War in Iraq
    • 14850 Sports: Honor Roll
    • Are we Marching toward Hell?
    • 14850 Cinema: Return of the Music Geek
    • 14850 Dining: A toast to Scots Tradition

  • June 2002 Table of Contents

    • Ithaca's loaded with waterfalls
    • The basso profundo on South Hill
    • Desktop Rover scores a hit
    • The Burger Boys go Veggie
    • Geek Chic: A conversation with Andy Zax
    • 14850 Dining: Ithaca Bakery

  • February 2002 Table of Contents

    • 21st Century Manifest Destiny
    • Super Sunday with the Danes
    • 35 Years of Bound for Glory
    • New Routine in New York
    • Cop Shop: A conversation with Super Troopers' Kevin Heffernan
    • The Plumbing of MP3

  • October 2001 Table of Contents

    • First Flight
    • An Evening -- no, a NIGHT -- with Kevin Smith
    • 14850 Music: Tanglefoot named Best of Bound for Glory
    • 14850 Dining: Lost Dog worth the wait
    • Election 2001 Letters to the Editor

  • September 2001 Table of Contents

    • Patriotism for the Thinking Person
    • Rawlings: "Cornell is a Beacon of Freedom and Responsibility."
    • Sister Cities Under the Skin
    • A Reply from Tops Friendly Markets

  • August 2001 Table of Contents

    • Cover Story: A Letter to Tops
    • Scenes from the Night: Grassroots and Beyond
    • The Fallen: Trek game is more than technobabble
    • Blues Traveler invades Rochester's High Falls
    • Go West, Young Eatery

  • July 2001 Table of Contents

    • Scenes from the Night
    • Driven to Distraction
    • It's Not the Cell Phone
    • A Statement Made: Cornell 2001 Women's Lacrosse
    • Myst III: Exile

  • June 2001 Table of Contents

    • The Moving Wall
    • Coming Home Again by Adam C. Engst
    • Scenes from the Night by Alan Rose
    • No UPN in Ithaca? by Mark H. Anbinder

  • March 2001 Table of Contents

    • A Wild Ride for Big Red Hockey
    • The Mayor and Ms. Cox
    • NEAR-Shoemaker: The 4 mph Crash Landing

  • January/February 2001 Table of Contents

    • No more Voyager for Ithaca viewers
    • Cornell hosts Girls & Women in Sports
    • Macworld Expo introduces Digital Lifestyle era

  • December 2000 Table of Contents

    • A Space Satellite for the Common Man
    • Viewpoint: Clean Soil for Widewaters Development
    • Farewell to Julien Fleming

  • November 2000 Table of Contents

    • Election 2000: The New Yorker loses and the dead man wins
    • Pancakes and Politics



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