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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

Almost Famous

By Clay McNear

Published on April 30, 2008 at 4:01am

We’ve always figured that near-fame must be infinitely better than the thing itself. If you can be eternally on the verge, like country-rockin’ Cross Canadian Ragweed, man, you’re livin’ the dream. But these smokin’ Okies aren’t long for the intimate kind of gig they’ll play at Martini Ranch so squeeze in while’s the squeezin’s good.
Tue., May 6, 7:30 p.m., 2008