Issue: September 24, 2003

Metropolis

Survival: The Swiftest, the Fittest -- and the Ones Who Bit Us.




Two Russian exchange students looking for a rock-climbing wall ran into post-9/11 wariness instead.
By Jeff Prince




STATIC
Paying for Pain


LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
From the week of September 24


Calendar

By Kristian Lin


Rocky Mountain High
Still kickin' after all these years, Café Aspen -- like fine wine -- has aged well.
By Ken Shimamoto



CHOW, BABY
Exit, Smiling

Music

Underground Railroad is at the forefront of a musical resurgence.
By Ken Shimamoto



HEARSAY
Be Seen




Something to Crow About
(APG Records)
By Ken Shimamoto

Love You Just the Same
(Misra Records)
By Ken Shimamoto

The Bellrays
By Ken Shimamoto

Film

Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation is lyrical, unorthodox, funny, and deeply romantic.
By Kristian Lin

A local filmmaker puts a hip-hop twist on supernatural horror.
By Ken Shimamoto