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SEPTEMBER ISSUE, 2008
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FEATURES
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Filling in the Gaps Left by 'The Secret Life of the American Teenager'
Tips on the teen years (read: sex) from a new ABC Family TV series could create chaos.
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Confessions of an '80s Metalhead
Plugged In's Sr. Assoc. Editor Adam R. Holz does a little reminiscing ... which leads him to start thinking about what the changes we see in music and the culture around us really mean.
   
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A Conversation With Flyleaf's Lacey Mosley
Flyleaf is a hard-rocking band of believers committed to taking God's love into some very dark places. Lead singer Lacey Mosley talked with us about her tumultuous adolescence, her encounter with Christ and how God is using Flyleaf to impact fans and musical peers alike.
ALSO INSIDE:
  • Predators on the Move on Xbox Live
  • What Is a Worldview?
  • 'Gossip Girl' Tells Teens What's Fashionable
  • Movie Nights: The Spiderwick Chronicles
  • Culture Clips, Quotes, Cartoons, Numbers, Ask the Editor and more
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    REVIEWS
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    Katy Perry
    One of the Boys


    Vanessa Hudgens
    Identified

    The Hold Steady
    Stay Positive

    Nas
    Untitled

    Coldplay
    Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends

    Miley Cyrus
    Breakout

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    ApologetiX
    Future Tense

    The Katinas
    Still
    Tammy Trent
    Stronger
     
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    Army Wives
    No one ever claimed military life was easy. But who knew it was so sleazy?
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    Greek
    ABC Family's 'Greek' fits right in with the cable network's don't-expect-traditional-values slogan, 'A new kind of family.'
       



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