4 NURTURE BY NATURE: get to sleep with warm milk 8 TOMORROW'S NEWS: batter up 9 Q & A: get it right with Left of Northwest 13 OUT & ABOUT: "... it was growing hairs" 16 MANUAL: walk the line 17 IN THE LIFE: meet your local museum guard 18 REVIEWS: flock to Andrew Bird's new album 10 FEATURE: dog days Clockwise from top right: photo by Tannie Grubbs; photo by Allison Richardson; photo by Jerry Wang 2 February 5,2009 Contributed cover photo