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Posted on January 24th, 2008 in Weekly Digest

EVERYONE IS HUNGRY

By Glenny Brock

Vol. 11, Issue 22: Jan. 24-31, 2008So sing the Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars, who might just be the most peace-loving and compassionate band in the world. Manic chess master Bobby Fischer could have learned a move or 10 from these guys, et up with bitter madness as he was while he lived. There’s really no excuse for the kind of invective Fischer favored (although the perpetual promise and perennial failures of mass transit in Birmingham could inspire similarly sorry talk).

In other news, it’s the beginning of the end for The Bomb Shelter and the last days of Pompeii. Have sweet dreams and write ‘em down and we’ll meet again on the other side.

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