Metro Issue: Jul 29–Aug 4, 2021

Cover Story
The Pod Invasion
In a world overflowing with screens, audio-only is exploding.
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back to topStone-Cold Storytellers

Former Stones, Dead tour manager reunites with longtime music writer to discuss rock legends.
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back to topKeeping It Casual

When she’s not playing with The Thermals or All Girl Summer Fun Band, Kathy Foster likes to keep things fast and loose in Hurry Up.
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back to topCommunity Classics

The free Summer Pops concert series 'is for everybody,' organizers say.
read moreTeen Angst

The latest production by CMT of 'American Idiot' is definitely a unique vintage.
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back to topProfessor Melancholy

If Woody Allen’s latest, ‘Irrational Man,’ is a crabbed rewrite of ‘Crime and Punishment,’ then Abe is its Rodion Raskolnikov.
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back to topKickin’ Chicken

Vons Chicken keeps it simple to nail a Korean speciality: double-fried chicken.
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