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Saturday, August 30, 2008

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Letters From Idaho

Remembering Pop

We should all hope to age gracefully—and go skydiving at 94, and jetboating at 95. Our man in Boise, ANTHONY DOERR pays tribute to one who raged at the light. (Letters From Idaho | June 7, 2007)

Garbage Night

Every night, another bag goes in the garbage, more waste goes in the landfill. By the time they reach 75, ANTHONY DOERR’S family will have produced two blue whales of trash. A startling look at America’s capacity for garbage-making. (Letters From Idaho | February 26, 2007)

Night Noise

The West Nile virus attacked Boise this summer, and now planes spray the city with a supposedly harmless pesticide. But when facts are muddy and even the anchormen don’t know what’s safe, ANTHONY DOERR asks, is it wise to let your sons play outside? (Letters From Idaho | August 25, 2006)

We Are Mapmakers

Going home for the holidays inspires remembering, but bringing your own children home adds a twist—will their recollections be anything like yours? ANTHONY DOERR with a theory on memory. (Letters From Idaho | January 3, 2006)

Insects Will Not Take Over The World (They Already Own It)

As winter approaches, the insects go underground. What we will miss? Moths that can smell sex a mile away. Butterflies with tongues on their feet. Centipedes able to kill birds. Our man in Idaho reports from the pastoral. (Letters From Idaho | October 18, 2005)

Shadows Everywhere

We interrupt our weekly Non-Expert column to bring you this dispatch, beginning a new series of letters: Our author in Rome returns home, from Italy to Idaho, finding chaos everywhere he looks. (Letters From Idaho | September 2, 2005)


TODAY’S FEATURE

The Hot ______ of the Summer

In times of respite, the mind settles, focusing on what’s really relevant. Here are the TMN READERS’ AND WRITERS’ hot picks: the jam that fueled parties all summer long, the show we turned down the A/C to hear, and more.

Secret Service

Give Me a Sign

Margaret Mason reports from 2004’s Democratic National Convention on giant paper cuts, political souvenirs, and how all those signs get together.

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David Byrne’s first collaboration with Brian Eno in 27 years: Eno calls it “electronic gospel”; we call it the sound of studio perfection.