Metro Issue: Jan 25–Jan 31, 2021

Cover Story
SOPA Opera
Plot twists evolve storyline in the great debate of online censorship (at least, for now).
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back to topHome of the Rave

Is the campaign against Ectasy youth a response to an epidemic— or an overreaction?
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back to topSilicon Alleys: Sharks vs. Ottowa—Hockey Memories

The Anti-man-about-town resurfaced at HP Pavilion just last week to experience the Sharks taking on the Ottawa Senators. He had not been to a game in many years.
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back to topWilco

A lot of rock stars want to be outlaws, but their heroes are tragic cowboys; Wilco's Jeff Tweedy was almost one of those country-rock train wrecks.
read moreDan P and the Bricks

Third-wave ska legends Dan Potthast of MU330 and Slow Gherkin thought they had put skanking behind them years ago. But it all came back to them in 2009, when Potthast joined up with four ex-Gherkin members and his fellow MU330 bandmate Matt Knobbe to form Dan P and the Bricks
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back to topShe’s Leaving Home

In the Iranian feature A Separation, a knockout follows a spiral of lies in the wake of a split-up
read moreSV Dining
back to topTake a Number

The South Bay is rich in Indian restaurants that serve a special snack known as chicken 65.
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