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The title was chosen to remind people of Romeo and Juliet, but the star-crossed lovers in Alex Cox's punk drama had worse problems than those teens from Verona.

Eric D Snider




Doctors say a British man’s fatal lung infection was likely caused by daily use of his fungi-filled wind instrument.

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It’s hard to say exactly how many concert-goers attended Woodstock, but some low counts estimate at least 400,000 were there—which is great when it comes to peace and love, but a little less so when it comes to adequate food and drink for the masses.

Stacy Conradt