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  • Chord Progression

    By on January 19, 2012

    ''When people started calling me Jonny B, I said that's enough,'' laughs Chord Bezerra. ''So I started going by Chord to avoid that.'' Of course,...

  • Elijah

    By on January 17, 2012

    He might not have the doctor title just yet, but Elijah, 28, should be just months away from that anthropology Ph.D. But who wouldn't expect...

  • Horoscope

    By on January 12, 2012

    Heavenly Round-Up: What's that up ahead? The big, suddenly noticeable thing you've never seen before in your life? Isn't it funny how one second you're...

  • Coverboy: Donald

    By on January 7, 2012

    Donald gets around. At least, he used to. Born in Iceland because of his dad's Air Force job, from there he spent much of his...

  • Horoscope

    By on January 5, 2012

    Heavenly Round-Up: Facing the rigors of the present and the demands of the future, you're more than a little nostalgic for the simplicities of the...

  • Horoscope

    By on December 29, 2011

    Heavenly Roundup: You may already be a contender. You may not recognize the battle in which you're engaged, but it exists nonetheless. Can you make...

  • Gay Wonderland

    By on December 15, 2011

    ''The name just kind of rolls off your tongue,'' says Joey-O with a laugh. ''It almost sounds like a cheerleader -- 'Go gay go!''' Instead...

  • Horoscope

    By on December 15, 2011

    Heavenly Round-Up: You can't help it: You're looking ahead even as the past tugs at your shirttails. You're focused on the yet-to-be – though that...

  • Coverboy: Richie

    By on December 13, 2011

    When Richie was born, peace had finally come to his native Cambodia after years of civil war, genocide and invasion. But his family – with...

  • Horoscope

    By on December 7, 2011

    Heavenly Round-Up: Are you on a tightrope or in free fall? Is this a rerun or an original version of your life? Could anyone find...

  • Heating Up the Holidays

    By on December 7, 2011

    Years ago, in its advertising for a December party, Blowoff featured a muscle-bound, cartoon Santa. This year Blowoff's Rich Morel will do the ho-ho-ho-ing himself,...

  • Coverboy: Gary

    By on December 5, 2011

    Call out the welcome wagon, Gary has arrived. The 25-year-old – originally from Detroit, and most recently Atlanta – moved to metro D.C. in August...

  • Coverboy: Fame

    By on November 30, 2011

    Fame grants that his name wasn't awarded to him by his parents. ''It was given to me by a friend because I was popular in...

  • Horoscope

    By on November 23, 2011

    Heavenly Round-Up: You've circled the block on your tricycle so many times you're getting mondo frequent rider miles stacked up. You're torn between enthusiasm for...

  • Horoscope

    By on November 16, 2011

    Heavenly Round-Up: Are you awakening from a long dream? Or are you falling back into a semi-grounded fugue state? Retain your self-awareness as you progress...