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  • Broward-Palm Beach New Times

    The Agent from Iran

    How a mother of two ended up in a plot to smuggle high-tech gear to the enemy.

    By Deirdra Funcheon

  • Westword

    Murder By Design

    In life and death, tattoo artist Kauri Tiyme made her mark.

    By Alan Prendergast

  • Village Voice

    My Brother the Slumlord

    Amy Neustein never could resist going public with her family dramas.

    By Elizabeth Dwoskin

  • Houston Press

    The Ghosts of Galveston

    A visit with the hurricane victims that a country forgot.

    By John Nova Lomax

Upchuck Cowpokes

California band earns its nom de spew

By Steve Jansen

Published on March 19, 2008 at 4:01am

Because we’re pea-brained individuals at times, we write about things solely because they have weird or effed-up names. A perfect example: Aubrey Debauchery and the Puke Boots. The alt-ish/country-ish band from Chico, California -- Chico! -- plays simple-enough-sounding tunes with some jacked-up lyrics, like, “I’m gonna tie you to the bed by your sweet young wrists.”
Fri., March 21, 10 p.m., 2008