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  • City Pages
    Harassing the Harassers

    Avenging attorney Pete Barry turns the tables on aggressive debt collectors.

    By Jonathan Kaminsky
  • Houston Press
    Bootlegging Dr. Pepper

    Eight bucks a six-pack? A small price to pay for authentic, cane-sugar soda.

    By Robb Walsh
  • Phoenix New Times
    The Wrath of Wal-Mart

    The giant retailer screws over an elderly greeter who made the mistake of drinking a Coke at work.

    By Paul Rubin
  • Cleveland Scene
    Another Thing Comin'

    Rock Star painted him as a wannabe, but Ripper Owens is doing better than ever.

    By Denise Grollmus

If you missed Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings when they came to town, run, don't walk, to see Charles Walker and the Dynamites at the intimate Duck Room. When the Nashville group played the VooDoo Lounge in January, they managed to make the cavernous space resemble a James Brown funk-rager and a '60s soul revue — thanks to a killer horn section and Walker's dynamite, engaging personality.

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