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  • SF Weekly

    Identity Plagiarism

    A blogger steals someone else's life story and calls it her own.

    By Ashley Harrell

  • Westword

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    How William Orr's quest for better, cheaper gas became a crime.

    By Alan Prendergast

  • Miami New Times

    Mold Over Miami

    The family of a dead judge blames a creeping fungus in the federal courthouse.

    By Tim Elfrink

  • The Pitch

    McCain Girl

    I worked at Kmart with John McCain's director of strategy.

    By Alan Scherstuhl

After Shock

The Grinch who gave back Christmas

By Clay McNear

Published on December 13, 2007

Old shock-rockers don’t die, they just play golf a lot. And make public-safety commercials. And -- like any reformed blood-spewing, snake-fondling maniac -- become pillars of the community. So it is – sigh – with Alice Cooper, who’s transformed the notoriety gained from his rowdy days of the early ’70s into, well, community-pillarhood. But Alice still has some shock left in his system, as anyone who’s attended one of the first six Alice Cooper’s Christmas Pudding philanthropic blowouts knows. In addition to a set by Alice and company, the seventh includes performances by American Idol winner Jordin Sparks, California Transit Authority, Flo & Eddie of Turtles fame, and Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers.
Sat., Dec. 15, 7:30 p.m., 2007



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