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	His name is Liam: The man behind the 'Shoes' Liam Sullivan makes a name for himself with YouTube videos by Matt Sevits Liam Sullivan is laughing. Standing on the stage in New York's The Zipper Theater in a ratty blonde wig and a pleather jacket, he's supposed to be opening for Margaret Cho. But he's laughing. He's supposed to be singing about shoes, but the situation keeps making him laugh.
	Parking garages are scary, but 'P2' isn't even close Movie Review by Kevin Glenn \| Freelance Reporter P2 What: "P2," a horror film that takes place in a New York City parking garage Who: Directed by Franck Khalfoun and starring Rachel Nichols and the "American Beauty" actor Wes Bentley Where: Regal Valley River Center Stadium 15 and Cinemark 17 The dish: Dreadfully predictable, but still fun to watch.
	Pacific Northwest's first FM station celebrates 60 years KRVM will mark the date with local performers and a time capsule by Tiffany Reagan Diamonds may be the traditional gift to commemorate a 60th anniversary, but local radio station KRVM wants only your company. On Saturday, KRVM will host a community-wide anniversary party at the McDonald Theatre. The celebration will feature local bluegrass band The Conjugal Visitors, Portland-based folk band The Sugar Beets, local indie rock group Saltlick and Portland blues band The Strange Tones.
	It may be a little late, but New Edition still has the ability to rock my socks off In My Opinion \| A Panda by Thom Brekke They're not the originals, not even the greatest, and by now they're no longer news to anyone, but since the boys of New Edition entered my life, they've quickly run up my list of favorite acts. I don't know what it is about those five boys that stuck with me in the mid-1980s, but their food-themed love songs and bouncy bass lines have been jumping around in my head since I first became acquainted with "Cool It Now.
	Book crafts devastating tale of difference Book Review by Carrie Hamm In "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini the historical and political background surrounding the novel is as important to the story as the characters themselves. As Hosseini explains in the afterward, "war, hunger, anarchy, and oppression forced millions of people… to abandon their homes and flee Afghanistan to settle in neighboring Pakistan and Iran.
	Muscles delivers fun pop music simply for fun's sake CD Review by Thom Brekke The face of pop music has been anything but constant over the years. From the girl-group pop of The Supremes to the synth pop of The Human League, the genre has always been adaptable to current trends and sensibilities. Even so, pop musicians, regardless of the time period, have tended to write songs without a lot of backbone, favoring cheery love songs laden with harmonies and almost childish imagery over songs concerned with war, death and poverty.