A reflection on becoming a teacher after hating teachers; an account of an hitchhiking trip to Baltimore; accounts of hitch commuting; a remembrance of a bar fight; commentary on corporate-influence scientific studies; article on how to sneak into the theme park Great America; an essay on the significance of childhood bedrooms; an account of the Planet X Fest in Bloomington, IL; interviews with Captured by Robots, Richie Numbskull from Underdog, the graffiti artist Vegan from Goes Crew with photographs, John Hunt from Dead to Fall; CD reviews, a review of the documentary "Afropunk" and of James Howard Kunstler's "The Geography of Nowhere"