Fall 2006
Cover story: fashion designer Anna Sui
INTERVIEWS
Scissor Sisters • Erase Errata • The Thermals • actor Freddy Rodriguez • My Brightest Diamond • Emily Haines • author Francesca Lia Block • “Lost Girls” comic artist Melinda Gebbie
PLUS
* End of an era: an ode to Sleater-Kinney
* Girls with guns
* This is not a diet: a look at the pro-anorexia phenomenon
* Cooking with the Ditty Bops
* Record Shopping With Puffy AmiYumi
* What’s Your Sign? with Juliana Hatfield
* Mad Lit with “This is Not Chick Lit” editor Elizabeth Merrick
* Reviews of new albums by Yo La Tengo, Xiu Xiu, the Decemberists, Nina Nastasia, the Knife, and many more
Other Stories in this Issue
Music
Features
Ditty Bops
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The touring duo finds road bliss in a well-tuned bike, a windless road, and their Summer Squash Attack Succotash
The Thermals
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With their latest album, The Body, The Blood, The Machine, the duo answers this question: After acoustic folk, what’s left but hard work and some of that ol’ time religion?
My Brightest Diamond
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Shara Worden gets into a heavy conversation with the “states” musician about classical music, short attention spans, and American Idol
Emily Haines
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Metric’s vocalist-keyboardist discusses going solo, personal struggles, her love affair with the piano, and playing blindfolded
Erase Errata
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Guitarist-vocalist Jenny Hoyston converses on the political slant of the San Francisco band’s new album
An Ode to Sleater-Kinney
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Critics, musicians, and fans remember the legendary trio from their Olympia explosion to their amicable breakup
Chad VanGaalen
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Blessed (or cursed?) with almost a gazillion songs, the Canadian artist narrows down his fruitful collection for his latest album, Skelliconnection
In her own words
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Amy Millan spills details on the making of her first solo release
Record Shopping With Puffy AmiYumi
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The Japanese rock duo hits up a Detroit vinyl shop to pick up some gifts for their family back home
Scene & Unheard: Spain
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You don’t have to speak Spanish to enjoy the sounds of these bands
Scissor Sisters
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The band’s front lady, Ana Matronic, talks about the effects of love on the new album, working with New Order, and how she feels about Cher in her audience
Sounds
Yo La Tengo
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I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass (Matador)
Nina Nastasia
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On Leaving (FatCat)
The Decemberists
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The Crane Wife (Capitol)
Ani DiFranco
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Reprieve (Righteous Babe)
Headlights
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Kill Them With Kindness (PolyVinyl)
Heartless Bastards
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All This Time (Fat Possum)
Blood Meridian
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Kick Up the Dust (V2)
Dani Siciliano
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Slappers (!K7)
Jennifer O’Connor
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Over the Mountain (Matador)
Hidden Cameras
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Awoo (Arts & Crafts)
Vivien Linden
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Watch The Light Fade (Tarnished)
The Secret Ink
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The Secret Ink (self-release)
Silversun Pickups
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Carnavas (Dangerbird)
The Minders
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It's A Bright Guilty World (Future Farmer)
Miss Derringer
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Lullabies (Sympathy)
Tara Jane O’Neil
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In Circles (Quarterstick)
Pit er Pat
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Pyramids (Thrill Jockey)
Brazilian Girls
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Talk to La Bomb (Verve Forecast)
Heather Duby
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Heather Duby (Sonic Boom)
Culture
Reads
I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence
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By Amy Sedaris (Warner Books, 304 pages, $27.99)
Sublime Stitching: Hundreds of Hip Embroidery Patterns and How-To
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By Jenny Hart (Chronicle Books, 224 pages, $19.50)
Ready for their close-up
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In their book, A Star is Found, two major Hollywood casting directors give an inside perspective at the female-dominated field
Francesca Lia Block
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The award-winning author talks about Weetzie Bat’s success, bringing myth to a new generation, and her latest book, Psyche in a Dress
Special Topics in Calamity Physics
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By Marisha Pess (528 pages, $25.95)
Zine Review
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Lickety Split #3
Lost and Found
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Nearly two decades in the making, comic artist Melinda Gebbie and writer Alan Moore release Lost Girls, one of the year’s most impressive graphic novels
Film
Freddy Rodriguez
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The former Six Feet Under actor discusses life after the series finale, working on the Quentin Tarantino–Robert Rodriguez double feature Grind House, and having kids in Hollywood
Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
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Off and On Broadway (Sarathan)
Tegan and Sara
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It’s Not Fun. Don’t Do It. (Vapor/Sanctuary)
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